noun:

• bare shoulder (clothing style); off-the-shoulder

expression:

• in the middle of something; busy with something
• in commotion as a result of something untoward happening
• currently importing or capturing data

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)

noun:

• go or shogi board
• position of a game of go or shogi

noun:

• follicular phase; proliferative phase (of the estrous or menstrual cycle)

noun:

• revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; edition incorporating many changes and corrections
• final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author

noun:

• methods of writing; rules of good writing; writing style guide - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• transferring from one college (or one department) to another

noun:

• style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture

noun:

• Shiranui style of grand champion's ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• Zen (Buddhism) - archaism - obscure term ➜ 禅宗
• confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry - derogatory term ➜ 達磨歌

noun:

• style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances - abbreviation ➜ 常磐津節

noun:

• open discussion (style of meeting)

noun:

• flowing style (e.g. of narrating a story); eloquence

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• formal; stiff (style of speaking, writing, etc.); humble; respectful ➜ 畏まる【かしこまる】

noun:

• (hard) candy; toffee - Food term
• rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc. - Food term
• amber; yellowish-brown - abbreviation ➜ 飴色

noun:

• electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district; multi-member constituent electoral system ➜ 小選挙区制

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb / auxiliary verb:

• to come back; to do ... and come back ➜ 行って来る
• to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
• to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...") ➜ と来たら

noun:

• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water or equalize the pressure - From English "mask blow" ➜ マスククリア

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服

noun:

• noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) ［ういかんむり］ ➜ 巻纓・垂纓

noun:

• subdued taste; refined taste; haiku (poetic) flavor (flavour)

noun:

• five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

noun:

• road; path; street; route - abbreviation ➜ 道【みち】
• way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself ➜ 道【みち】
• Buddhist teachings
• Taoism
• modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
• historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
• province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
• province (modern administrative region of Korea)