noun:

• tiger pattern; striped (like a tiger)

noun:

• unlawful detention (of shipping); unlawful occupation (of a house or land)

noun:

• person who achieves perfection; person who perfects (e.g. a theory)

noun:

• advent; descent (of a god) - archaism ➜ 降臨

noun:

• fundamental academic skills; expected basic knowledge (of a subject)

noun:

• conclusion; summing up (of a thesis or presentation) - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• launching out; embarking upon (a career)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head

noun:

• democratic state; (a) democracy

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• releasing stored goods (esp. sake); delivery (of goods from a storehouse) ➜ 蔵入れ

adverb / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• some; (a) little
• somewhat; to some extent; in part

noun:

• uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)

noun:

• former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)

noun:

• runner-up; second (in a race)

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]

noun:

• next door but one; (a house) two doors away

expression / noun:

• (in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair)

expression:

• faith is mysterious; through faith, even something trivial (like a pilchard's head) seems valuable - proverb

noun:

• integrated science (i.e. collaboration of various sciences and arts); (a) synthetic science

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• underlying technology; technology behind (a product)

noun:

• orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

noun:

• hanging poster; advertising poster (e.g. hung in a train)