noun:

• rigging (a ship, aircraft, etc.)
• rigging; gear; tackle
• rigging; in animation, a hierarchy of virtual skeletal bones ［リギング］

noun:

• clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

noun / ~する noun:

• original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page

noun:

• double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said
• repeating oneself

noun:

• human document; personal documentary; documentary on someone's life

expression:

• knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen! - spoken to ward off misfortune

noun / ~する noun:

• accretion of snow (on power lines, tree branches, etc.); snow sticking to surfaces

noun / ~する noun:

• firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart) - four character idiom

noun:

• emotional effect on pet owners from losing their pet - From English "pet loss"

noun:

• Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food - Economics term

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flickering; flashing on and off; twinkling; glittering - onomatopoeia
• glaringly (bright); painfully (bright) - onomatopoeia
• prickling (pain) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• type of ribbon fastening used on wedding gifts, get-well gifts, etc.

noun:

• nursing care level (between 1 and 5 based on assessment of care requirements) ➜ 要介護

noun:

• medical checkup that focuses primarily on problems that worsen with age

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

noun:

• Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myoujin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

noun:

• emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning); urgent information on volcanic activity

noun:

• directional button; button with arrow(s) (on keypad, game controller, etc.)

particle:

• indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so - at sentence end

interjection:

• hey; come on; listen

auxiliary adjective:

• not - verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation - colloquialism ➜ ない

adverb:

• sound of heavy breathing - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• blowing on something (e.g. to cool it down)

noun:

• non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)

noun:

• wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa ➜ 丸子船
• vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe

noun:

• window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses) ➜ 虫籠格子