noun:

• hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)

expression:

• (a place) out of one's reach Antonym: 手の届くところ

noun:

• Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

noun:

• moving picture (i.e. a movie; term esp. used during the silent movie period) - obsolete term

expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become ready to eat (as a result of steaming)

noun:

• threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill - Architecture term ➜ 目草【まぐさ】

noun:

• compound note (on a harmonica) - Music term ➜ 単音【たんおん】

noun:

• cover story (in a magazine); cover article

noun:

• punching (e.g. with a die)

noun:

• short flute piece (in kyogen; usu. a lively solo)
• flute and drum music played after each act but the last (in kabuki) - also written as 砂切

noun:

• canned tuna (from sea chicken, orig. a brand name)

noun:

• lophophorate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell) - obscure term ➜ 触手動物

noun:

• retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer)

~の noun:

• poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic - oft. a humble ref. to a gift

noun:

• gold braid (e.g. on a military officer's uniform)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to install (a person) in (someone's) place

adverb / ~と adverb:

• clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• continuously; incessantly; one after another; rapidly; plentifully; freely - onomatopoeia

noun:

• good-for-nothing man (as a partner); no-hoper - manga name, from だめ and メンズ - colloquialism ➜ メンズ・駄目

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to cut into (a conversation); to interject

noun:

• outward appearance (of a house)

noun:

• name (of a buddha or bodhisattva)

godan ~す verb:

• to tear along (a road)

noun / ~する noun:

• disbanding (usu. a military unit); breaking up

noun:

• (a) single crop