adverb / ~と adverb:

• squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed - onomatopoeia
• criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized

noun:

• hug - colloquialism

noun:

• allotted rice field (ritsuryo system); land distributed to all citizens from which yields were taxed by the government - archaism

noun:

• sea whistle; sound made by a traditional diver when returning to shore ➜ 海女

noun:

• "best before" date (food); sell-by date

noun:

• smelling incense; savoring incense; distinguishing incense by smell; incense-smelling party

noun:

• Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)

proper noun:

• Chinese Taipei; name used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) when participating in international competitions

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to poison to death; to kill by a prescription error

noun:

• man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo incidents; string of incidents, crimes, etc. committed by the Aum Shinrikyo religious group in the 1980s

noun:

• special election; by-election

noun:

• play put on in a village; play put on by villagers

noun:

• land received in compensation for one's service; land given by a lord to a vassal for his service - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

noun:

• land received in compensation for one's service; land given by a lord to a vassal for his service ➜ 恩地

noun:

• Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition) - abbreviation ➜ 文部省美術展覧会【もんぶしょうびじゅつてんらんかい】

noun:

• (political) violence; violent tactics used by political radicals - From German "Gewalt"

noun:

• suicidal ligature strangulation; suicide by strangulation

noun / ~する noun:

• payment for another; payment by proxy
• paying in kind; paying with a substitute

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case

noun:

• smelling incense; savoring incense; distinguishing incense by smell; incense-smelling party ➜ 聞香・香を聞く

noun:

• allocation of replotted land; government acquisition of land by substitution or compensation

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

noun:

• Rikuentai; anti-shogunate army formed in Kyoto in 1867 by Nakaoka Shintaro

noun / ~の noun:

• imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign ➜ 化外