noun:

• aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser ➜ ウケを狙う

expression:

• a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens

noun:

• paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to blunder; to bungle; to fail - archaism
• to use up all one's money (esp. on the services of prostitutes) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• killing one's catch on the spot (e.g. a bird)
• killing a fish immediately to preserve its freshness

noun:

• Columbian exchange; widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, disease, and ideas between the Old and New Worlds

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either - abbreviation ➜ やっぱり
• still; as before - abbreviation
• even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same - abbreviation
• as expected - abbreviation

noun:

• (person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso

noun:

• oiled multi-layered paper sheet used to sit or sleep on (during the summer); oiled-paper cushion; wax-cloth

noun:

• ceiling rosette; electrical outlet attached to the ceiling for suspending electrical light fixtures ➜ 引っ掛け

noun:

• labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryo system)

expression / noun:

• group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies

temporal noun / ~の noun / suffix noun:

• sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk Antonym: 明け
• end; close
• year-end; end of the year

noun:

• tray
• family; household
• O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead - abbreviation ➜ 盂蘭盆

noun:

• one's company; company one works for

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• in-house; belonging to the company

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to be moved to the point of tears; to be touched ➜ じいんと

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

noun:

• schrund (crevasse, esp. a bergschrund, a crevasse near the head of a glacier) - From German ➜ ベルクシュルント

noun:

• final paragraph; final paragraphs; the end of a story of block of text

noun:

• gently sloping mountain (of the less rugged mountain of a pair of mountains) ➜ 男山

noun:

• cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern

expression:

• day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by ➜ 日を追って

adverb:

• now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now