noun:

• continuing education courses offered via radio or television; open university

noun:

• lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light

noun:

• literary criticism or theory

noun:

• theories of Japanese cultural or racial uniqueness

noun:

• feeling or atmosphere or mood of a painting; the mood to paint

noun:

• one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended

noun:

• new or raw recruit

noun:

• telephone dating or sex service; sex chat line - From English "telephone club"

noun:

• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

noun:

• while being out of the office or away from home

adjective:

• feeling ashamed or embarrassed without knowing why

noun:

• absolute authority or power (over someone or something)

noun:

• national or local pride; the pride of one's native place

expression:

• come hell or high water; no matter what happens; even if rain or spears should fall [literal] ➜ 雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが

noun:

• prefatory song or poem; opening song

ichidan verb:

• to give by tossing or throwing

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to skim the scum from broth or liquid; to skim (a liquid) ➜ 灰汁

noun:

• gods or demons that cause epidemics

noun:

• a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place) - four character idiom

noun:

• new release of a song by the original artist or composer - From English "self cover"

ichidan verb:

• to join or patch together

noun:

• imperial or state ceremony

noun:

• kanji "plow" or "three-branch tree" radical ➜ 耒偏

noun:

• internal debt or loans

noun:

• funny word or gesture
• funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.)
• a woman's temple hair - archaism ➜ 揉み上げ【もみあげ】