noun:

• beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to entertain one's guests; to keep a group entertained

noun:

• provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club

noun:

• vents at the hips of a pair of hakama

noun / ~の noun:

• next; next person - polite language - honorific language ➜ 次【つぎ】
• room adjoining a noble's parlor - from お次の間

expression / ichidan verb:

• to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be eloquent; to have a way with words ➜ 弁が立つ【べんがたつ】

noun:

• someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu snail - pun on かたつむり - colloquialism ➜ こたつ

noun:

• gist of what someone else said
• purpose of a visit ➜ 来意

noun:

• leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

noun:

• interstadial; interstade; period of higher temperatures during a glacial period

noun:

• concealed pung; concealed three-of-a-kind - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子・暗刻子

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to share a cup of sake (in commemoration of something)

noun:

• charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee

noun:

• female infertility; inability to carry a pregnancy to full term - Medicine term ➜ 不妊症

noun:

• female infertility; inability to carry a pregnancy to full term - Medicine term

noun:

• signatory nation; treaty power; party to a treaty; contracting state

prefix:

• ... years since construction; ... years old (of a building) - before a number of years, e.g. 築十年

suffix:

• built in ... - after a time, e.g. 1980年築

expression:

• take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

noun:

• being a jack of all trades and master of none

noun:

• being a jack of all trades and master of none ➜ 螻蛄才

noun:

• point at issue; axis of a conflict; focus of confrontation

noun:

• promo; advertising for a program (TV, radio, etc.); program publicity - abbreviation ➜ 番組宣伝【ばんぐみせんでん】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to interrupt (a story, etc.) ➜ 話の腰を折る
• to bend at the waist

noun:

• repairing pottery with a lacquer mixed with gold, silver, etc.