子

armchair detective

flowing style (e.g. of narrating a story); eloquence

Idiomatic expression

to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; to wake a sleeping child

menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

computer

Food, cooking

noodles made in flat strips

eldest son

Kansai-ben

geisha

Archaic

kabuki actor (esp. a young actor)

Archaic

person accomplished in the arts

to wind (e.g. a watch)

Idiomatic expression

to give (someone) a good prodding; to make (someone) shape up

Astronomy

neutron star

Western confectionery

thin omelette cut into strips

electronic key (doors, etc.)

electronic cipher

Colloquial

carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men

Colloquial

woman who likes eating meat

high pitch

新子 only

very young fish (esp. a konoshiro gizzard shad)

Archaic

new geisha

DNA test; genetic test; genetic testing

Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia

Idiomatic expression

Columbus' egg; egg of Columbus

Music

quadruple time; four-four time; common time

Music

the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)

volunteer-run cafeteria providing free or inexpensive meals to children and others in need

black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat

first Day of the Rat of the New Year

first Day of the Rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)

Honorific; Term of address formerly used in China

teacher; wise man; sage; master

Honorific

Confucius

the person concerned; you; he; she