expression:

• in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

noun / ~する noun:

• going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)

noun:

• Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

expression:

• as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
• apart from... (used to change the topic)
• even (e.g. "not even a single person") - before a negative form
• thinking that...; trying to... - after a volitional form ➜ とする

noun / ~する noun:

• settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation

noun / adjectival noun:

• composure; calmness

noun:

• long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

noun:

• falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)

pronoun:

• those (near the second person)

noun / ~する noun:

• following (in the footsteps of)
• catching up with; coming level with

particle / conjunction:

• (at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

noun:

• JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)

noun:

• Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux) - Astronomy term ➜ 南十字星【みなみじゅうじせい】

noun:

• snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball)
• snapshot (esp. of people) - abbreviation ➜ スナップショット・スナップ写真
• snap fastener; press stud ➜ ホック

noun:

• talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; chat
• talk show - abbreviation ➜ トークショー
• toque

noun:

• early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian - From Portuguese "cristao"

noun:

• mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)

noun:

• Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo) - From Italian

noun:

• canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria) - From Portuguese

noun:

• Washington, DC (capital of the United States of America)
• Washington (US state) ［華盛頓］

noun:

• denomination (reducing the face value of currency after inflation) - abbreviation

noun:

• Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• zaire (currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

noun / ~する noun:

• punch (with the fist)
• punching (a hole); hole punch

noun:

• punch (drink)
• punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

noun:

• betta (esp. the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens)

~する noun:

• to block (e.g. the way)

noun:

• block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.)
• bloc

noun / ~する noun:

• block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape) - IT term

noun:

• patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; financial supporter
• sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha) ➜ 芸者・旦那
• patron; master; manager; boss