noun:

• badge (or keyring, etc.) used to inform others that the wearer is pregnant - From English "maternity mark"

noun:

• category killer; retailer that sells a wide selection of a given category of goods - Business term

noun:

• articles of the deceased; article left by the deceased; things that belonged to the deceased

interjection:

• ah!; oh!; alas! - also written as 於乎, 於戯, 嗟乎, 嗟夫, 吁, etc.
• yes; indeed; that is correct
• aah; gah; argh - in exasperation
• hey!; yo!
• uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

noun:

• large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish
• useless man about the house; husband that is retired and considered a nuisance - colloquialism - derogatory term

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

expression / adverb:

• in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

noun:

• belief that where there's a will, there's a way

auxiliary verb:

• (I) will; (I) shall - on non-五段 stem, e.g. 食べる→食べよう; indicates intention
• let's - on non-五段 stem; indicates suggestion or invitation
• (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); maybe; perhaps; perchance - on non-五段 stem; indicates speculation

interjection:

• hey; yo; hi - familiar language

particle:

• come on; hey - empathetic version of よ ➜ よ

expression / adverb:

• naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious; as will be understood

noun / ~する noun:

• one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness" - colloquialism ➜ きゅん

noun:

• dejected loser; dog that has lost a fight (with its tail between its legs) [literal]
• unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - slang - derogatory term ➜ お一人様【おひとりさま】

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• resistance - From French
• popular resistance against a military invasion (especially of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)

noun:

• bitch; witch; ugly woman; dog - derogatory term - From Portuguese "espada"
• normal card; card having only a floral pattern that gives a player only one point - orig. meaning, referring to the card suit "spades" ➜ 花札

noun / ~する noun:

• setting one's mind at ease; not feeling that one need be concerned (about something); feeling free to disregard (something)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after
• to have lingering effects

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan

interjection:

• yes ➜ はい

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あゆの風【あゆのかぜ】

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あいの風