[すじ, suji] (n) (1) muscle; tendon; sinew; (2) vein; artery; (3) fiber; fibre; string; (4) line; stripe; streak; (5) (See 筋が通る) reason; logic; (6) plot; storyline; (7) lineage; descent; (8) school (e.g. of scholarship or arts); (9) aptitude; talent; (10) source (of information, etc.); circle; channel; (11) well-informed person (in a transaction); (12) logical move (in go, shogi, etc.); (13) ninth vertical line (shogi); (14) seam on a helmet; (15) (abbr) (See 筋蒲鉾) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.); (16) (arch) social position; status; (n-suf, n, adj-no) (17) on (a river, road, etc.); along; (suf, ctr) (18) counter for long thin things; (19) (arch) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency); (P) #3255
[かわる, kawaru] (v5r, vi) (1) to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; (2) to move to; (3) (usu. as 変わった, 変わっている) (See 変わった, 変わっている) to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual; (P) #4858
[とおる, tooru] (v5r, vi) (1) to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; (2) (of public transport) to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; (3) to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; (4) to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; (5) to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; (6) to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; (7) to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; (8) to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; (9) to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; (10) to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; (11) to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; (12) to be straight (e.g. wood grain); (13) (arch) to be well-informed; to be wise; (suf, v5r) (14) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly; (P) #5779
[しごう, shigou] (n) (See 贈り名) posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime) #7445
[つうじる, tsuujiru] (v1, vi) to run to; to lead to; to communicate; to understand; to be well-informed; (P) #12026
[ちゅうしんぐら, chuushingura] (n) (See 浄瑠璃) performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) #12314
[raibuhausu] (n) shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed (wasei #12899
[おおもじ(P);だいもんじ, oomoji (P); daimonji] (n) (1) (See 小文字) upper case letters; large characters; capital letter; (2) (だいもんじ only) the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; (3) (だいもんじ only) huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year; (P) #12928
[さざれいし, sazareishi] (n) (1) pebbles; gravel; (2) boulder formed from gravel and sediment
[たらいまわし, taraimawashi] (n, vs) (1) acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); (2) handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); (3) handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
[ちゃんこばん, chankoban] (n) (sumo) person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi)
[つんぼさじき, tsunbosajiki] (n) (1) (sens) being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop; (2) (arch) upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat
[なすかく, nasukaku] (exp) (often ...のなす角) formed angle; angle made
[inabaua-] (n) Ina Bauer (figure skating technique first performed in 1957 by West German skater Ina Bauer); (P)
[iramachio ; imarachio] (n) (vulg) (sl) (See フェラチオ) irrumatio (fellatio wherein the majority of movement is performed by the felatee) (lat
[info-mudokonsento] (n) informed consent
[uindokurasuto ; uindokurasuto] (n) windcrust; crust formed on snow by strong wind
[オノコロじま(オノコロ島);オノゴロじま(オノゴロ島);おのころじま(磤馭慮島);おのごろじま(磤馭慮島), onokoro jima ( onokoro shima ); onogoro jima ( onogoro shima ); onokorojima ( ketsu] (n) (1) (arch) (See 天の瓊矛) Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island; (2) Japan
[カリかつよう, kari katsuyou] (n) classical form of i-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the "ku" adverbial form with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")
[サへんめいし, sa henmeishi] (n) (See 為る・11) verb formed by adding "suru" to a noun
[seifuteibanto ; se-futei-banto] (n) (See 犠牲バント) bunt performed for a base hit (wasei
[ソーランぶし, so-ran bushi] (n) traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations
[タリかつよう, tari katsuyou] (n) classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "to" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")
[ダムこ, damu ko] (n) reservoir; lake formed by a dam
[ナリかつよう, nari katsuyou] (n) classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "ni" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")
[nekama] (n) (sl) (from ネット and お釜) someone who plays (portrays themselves as) the opposite sex online (formed from netto and okama)
[ペレーのけ, pere-noke] (n) Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)
[monohon] (n) (sl) (See 本物) the article genuine (formed by reversal of original word)
[raindansu] (n) revue dance performed in a line; line dance
[にぎりずし, nigirizushi] (n) { food } nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.; (P)
[あんていき, anteiki] (n) stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)
[いせこう, isekou] (n) fraternal religious group formed by Ise Shrine worshippers
[えいたいくよう, eitaikuyou] (n) services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul
[えきしゃさんゆう, ekishasanyuu] (exp) There are three types of friends worth having--honest, sincere, and well-informed ones. (Confucius)
[せきとめこ, sekitomeko] (n) dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
[けぶつ, kebutsu] (n) { Buddh } transformed Buddha
[かざんもう, kazanmou] (n) (See ペレーの毛) Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)
[けちょう;かいちょう(怪鳥), kechou ; kaichou ( kaichou )] (n) (See 鵺・1) suspicious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; ominous bird; apparition transformed into a bird
[かいかくはきょうかい, kaikakuhakyoukai] (n) Reformed Churches
[うみにな;ウミニナ, uminina ; uminina] (n) (uk) many-formed cerith (Batillaria multiformis)
[あく(gikun), aku (gikun)] (n) (1) lye; (2) harsh taste; (3) scum (formed when cooking some foods); (4) (uk) (also written incorrectly as 悪) (excessive) strength of will
[わりましてあて, warimashiteate] (n) (See 割増賃金) salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours
[かんごり, kangori] (n) cold-water ablutions performed in winter
[あいのきょうげん, ainokyougen] (n) (See 間狂言) kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)
[あいきょうげん, aikyougen] (n) (See 本狂言) kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)
[かんぼつこ, kanbotsuko] (n) lake formed in volcanic caldera
[がんにんぼうず, ganninbouzu] (n) priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
[きけいじ, kikeiji] (n) deformed child
[きにち;きじつ, kinichi ; kijitsu] (n) (1) (See 命日・めいにち) anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); (2) (See 七七日) 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed
[きせいどうめい, kiseidoumei] (n) association formed to carry out an objective