noun:

• standard motorcycle; naked bike; style of motorcycle having the engine exposed and visible

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

noun:

• tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk

noun:

• period of the northern and southern dynasties (in China, 5th-6th c. CE in Japan, 1336-92)

noun:

• arm-barring force out; locking arms around an opponent and pushing him out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position - Sumo term

noun:

• new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

~の noun / noun:

• existing (at the present moment) ➜ 在る【ある】

adjectival noun / noun:

• alright; acceptable; passable - colloquialism

~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have ➜ 在る【ある】・在る【ある】

expression:

• "laugh and grow fat" [figurative]; good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile [literal] - from Chi: 打開笑門福自來 - proverb

noun:

• iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun-yomi) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

suffix:

• relying entirely on ...; using solely ... - after a noun
• with the sole purpose of ...
• based on (mutual consent, etc.)

noun:

• Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis, species of circumtropical requiem shark found in the reef environments around oceanic islands)

noun:

• striped-fin surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus marginatus, species of bristletooth tangs from the Pacific); blue-spotted bristletooth

noun:

• Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands; Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939); German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

noun:

• six objective fields of the senses (shape and colour, sound, scent, flavour, physical feeling, and mental presentation) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高等学校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is ➜ 唯でさえ

godan ~る verb:

• to slam into (e.g. a wall, a limit) (figuratively); to hit
• to face (e.g. trouble, a problem); to confront

noun:

• last on the list; at the bottom

noun:

• metabolism

noun / ~する noun:

• renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new