noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

noun:

• half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

noun:

• flying; leaping; flight; leap - abbreviation ➜ 飛ぶ
• naught; zero; oh - when reading a number aloud
• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) ➜ 飛魚
• running out of points (zero or fewer); game ending due to a player running out of points ［飛び］ - Mahjong term

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅

noun:

• consent or refusal; yes or no; decision to accept or decline; up or down (vote); assent or dissent; accept or reject

noun:

• addiction to the printed word; reading addict; book (print) junkie - four character idiom

noun:

• trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
• plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
• frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request

noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request ➜ 臨時国会

noun:

• only
• prostitute attached to the exclusive service of a single member of the Occupation Forces (WW2) ［オンリー］

noun:

• secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 四等官
• shrine official (ranking below a negi) ［しゅてん］ - obsolete term ➜ 禰宜

noun:

• low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword
• (up to) the hilt; wits' end ➜ 切羽詰まる

noun / ~する noun:

• make an issue or problem of something; something becoming a problem or issue

noun:

• the whole world
• the whole country
• society; the public
• supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
• having one's own way; doing as one pleases

~の noun:

• peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous

noun:

• shogun (Edo period) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

noun:

• every single word and phrase; each and every word - four character idiom

noun:

• common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette

noun:

• accent (of one's speech)
• dialect; provincialism; patois
• corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

noun:

• beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism