noun / ~の noun:

• boning (fish or meat); deboning
• watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; emasculation
• taking the backbone out of; weakening

noun:

• fertile shoot of field horsetail ➜ 杉菜
• wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings) ［どひつ］ ➜ 焼き筆

noun:

• cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)
• traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

noun:

• one-piece garment with snaps up the front, sort of like a jumpsuit for babies - From English "baby all"

noun:

• ring; link
• open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony)

noun:

• Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent) - obscure term ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")

noun:

• national holiday that has been moved to a Monday (e.g. Coming-of-Age Day) - From English "happy Monday" ➜ 成人の日

noun:

• kitchen-cum-office of a Zen temple or monastery, where meals are prepared and senior priests have their offices

noun:

• road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762) - obscure term

noun:

• lace; lacing braid - From Portuguese "mogol"
• chenille yarn
• tinsel
• pipe cleaner; fibre, paper, etc. twisted between a pair of wires

noun:

• platter; serving plate ➜ さらばち・皿鉢料理
• crown of the head - archaism
• flower arrangement in a shallow vase, using sand ［砂鉢］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain
• to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
• to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on an air; to assume an attitude
• to stiffen; to tense up; to become formal

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fabricate in order to deceive; to make up; to feign
• to plan; to scheme

noun:

• canopy (of a forest); tree canopy; crown canopy

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to create; to bring forth; to produce
• to invent; to think up and bring into being
• to give birth to; to bear

noun:

• pontoon bridge; temporary bridge made using ships
• bridge (of a ship) ［せんきょう］

noun:

• reduced-size edition (e.g. of a book); pocket edition; compact edition

noun / ~する noun:

• return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call

noun:

• account of a dream
• fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream; pipe dream - idiom

noun:

• last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)

noun:

• plain form (of a Japanese verb or adjective); dictionary form; predicative form - Linguistics term

noun:

• deluxe edition (of a book); book in expensive binding; hardcover book

noun:

• two ways (e.g. of interpreting a word); two kinds; two types

noun:

• excellent poem (tanka, haiku, etc.); famous poem
• superb rendition of a poem

noun:

• account of a dream
• fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream; pipe dream