Meanings
Noun
1. (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (39 in total)
exorcism
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
breaking (an agreement, promise); cancellation (of a contract)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
marriage breakup; divorce; engagement breakup
bankruptcy; insolvency
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
damage
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
implosion
serious damage; drubbing
half damage
artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)
in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
(sense of) crushing evil
running the whole distance
breaking out of prison
declaration
Saiha; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
giving a broad smile
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
rupture; break; fracture
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
water breaking (during pregnancy)
slight damage
breaking out of prison; jailbreak
broken line; dashed line
tumbledown or dilapidated house
out of tune; (poetic) broken meter
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
shabby clothes and an old hat
bottle breakage; broken bottle
bottle breakage; broken bottle
opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines