noun:

• flash of lightning
• urgent telegram; express telegraph

noun:

• weak-willed; a small token of appreciation

noun:

• (holding of) a solo recital or performance

noun:

• (the extent of) one's vocabulary

noun:

• traffic; volume or quantity of goods transported

noun:

• manner of using one's hands

noun:

• the feel or performance of a pen

noun:

• traditional style of Japanese residential architecture

noun / ~する noun:

• switching or shunting (of a rail car)

noun:

• foothill; end section of a mountain range

noun:

• report of late arrival; tardy slip

noun:

• early stages (of a game); opening phase

noun:

• lining at the bottom of a kimono

noun:

• hours of operation (machine, etc.); uptime

noun:

• the intensity or illuminating power of light

noun:

• the handwriting of a high-ranking person

noun:

• the husband of one's younger sister

expression:

• (impalpable sense of) fright or horror

noun:

• country with a high level of culture

noun / ~する noun:

• type picking

noun:

• anthology; selection of literary works

noun:

• rice and salt; the necessities of life

noun:

• the husband of one's elder sister

noun:

• punishment by imprisonment or curtailment of liberties

noun:

• self-annotation of one's writings

noun:

• upper floor; upstairs Antonym: 階下
• top of the stairs Antonym: 階下【かいか】