noun:

• magazine published by fans; fanzine
• publication aimed at a particular hobby group
• publication sold directly, and not via commercial publishers

noun / ~する noun:

• make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade ➜ 反台鉋

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) ➜ 漫画

noun:

• Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil - From Chinese "dan dan mian"

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

expression:

• it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice - usu. as 口をそろえて

godan ~る verb:

• to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close ➜ なりかける

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

noun:

• the death of Shakyamuni Buddha - Buddhism term
• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 仏涅槃忌

noun:

• married woman's secret lover; paramour

noun / ~する noun:

• adultery (by a married woman)

~する verb (spec.):

• to tell (a person's) fortune; to divine; to fix; to choose

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall into a trap; to play into another's hands

godan ~す verb:

• to leave on; to leave running; to leave lying around; to leave (a faucet) open

godan ~す verb:

• to leave on; to leave running; to leave lying around; to leave (a faucet) open

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to gatecrash
• to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon; to pile in

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the emperor

noun:

• net fishing
• fisherman's throw (resembling the casting of a fishing net) - Sumo term

godan ~す verb:

• to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

noun:

• bareback clothes; clothes which leave a woman's back exposed
• bareback riding

noun:

• kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)

noun:

• bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist - Buddhism term
• older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

noun:

• mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain

expression:

• it's been a long time; long time no see - abbreviation - slang ➜ 久しぶり