noun:

• chemical reaction
• generation of an unexpected result from combining things

noun / ~する noun:

• report of an official's offence to the emperor (offense)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pack an assortment of goods, etc.

noun:

• Records of Ancient Matters (Japan's oldest historical record)

adjectival noun / noun:

• we are of equal status in this regard

noun:

• the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

noun / ~する noun:

• repost (e.g. of an online article); resubmission; revised submission

noun:

• preparation (e.g. of land for tilling); ground clearance; clearing

expression / noun:

• ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility

noun:

• hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society - four character idiom

noun:

• telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

noun:

• agglomerate (e.g. of cells, molecules, etc.); aggregation; mass; cluster

noun:

• sparing a life; clemency
• reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)

noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil Antonym: 性善説

noun:

• assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter - often ～の盛り合わせ

noun:

• dwelling place of hermits; pure land away from the world

noun:

• large junk, with capacity for 1,000 koku of rice ➜ 石

noun:

• middle-sized Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata) - Kantō dialect ➜ 鰤

noun:

• magnifying glass
• wrestler of the lowest rank - slang - Sumo term

noun:

• the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• drowned body of a person (after sumo wrestler Narusegawa Dozaemon) - four character idiom

noun:

• special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); SAR

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier