expression:

• take the opportunity to (do something else) ➜ 物の序で

noun:

• tea container having pronounced "shoulders" near the neck ➜ 茶入

noun:

• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

noun:

• sunbird (any bird in the family Nectariniidae)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to try out the food at various restaurants - colloquialism ➜ 食べ歩き

noun:

• the path to Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) - archaism ➜ 涼しき方

godan ~く verb:

• to stick it out (until the end)

expression:

• as a nation; with the whole country

noun:

• kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace) - polite language ➜ 里神楽

expression / noun:

• the three Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic

suffix:

• Sirs; Mesdames - pluralizing suffix - honorific language
• around (the time that, etc.); about - also かた

adverb:

• tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.) - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to pronounce kanji (using the native Japanese reading) ➜ 読む

noun:

• bonang (small gongs used in the Javanese gamelan) - From Indonesian ➜ ガムラン

noun:

• Second Section company (on the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

noun / ~の noun:

• left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

noun:

• lampshell (excluding the lingulate brachiopods); lamp shell - obscure term ➜ 三味線貝

noun:

• Sparidae; fish family containing the tai

~する noun:

• disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving

noun:

• sail with the wind at its back

adverb:

• aback

expression / noun:

• Tensei Jingo; daily column in the Asahi Shimbun - translation of "vox populi, vox Dei" (the people's voice is the voice of God)

temporal noun:

• two months later; the month after next

adverb / ~と adverb:

• soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• person who notifies the police; informer; whistleblower; delator

noun:

• The Agency for Buddhists and Foreigners (ritsuryo system)