noun:

• Japanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)

noun:

• infantile neurosis characterized by crying at night and convulsions - in Chinese medicine
• temper; nerves ➜ 癇

noun:

• waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)

noun:

• tree swayed by the wind ➜ 風木
• thinking about one's deceased parents - archaism ➜ 風樹の嘆

noun:

• white powder for use on the neck (e.g. by geisha)

noun:

• passing by flying - archaism
• fickle heart; man who frequently meets with harlots - archaism

noun:

• multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand ➜ 重箱

noun:

• fashion style purportedly created by former amateur models, salespeople, etc. - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ おしゃれプロデューサー

noun:

• type of long jacket worn by bousouzoku biker gang members, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 暴走族・特攻服

adjectival noun:

• discursive (i.e. proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than intuition)

~の noun / noun:

• by order (of a superior); as instructed; official (e.g. notification)

noun:

• action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

noun / ~する noun:

• completely destroying (esp. by fire); burning to ashes
• becoming extinct; disappearing

noun:

• e-mail service provided by phone company - From English "carrier mail"

noun:

• Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing

noun:

• kakistocracy; government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens

noun:

• standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews - abbreviation - From English "recruit suit" ➜ リクルートスーツ

~の noun / noun:

• best; extra-fine; superfine; unequalled ➜ 飛び切り【とびきり】

adverbial noun:

• exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far ➜ 飛び切り【とびきり】

adverb:

• very; awfully; exceedingly - とっても is more emphatic
• (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot) - before a negative form

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• originally; primarily
• essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself
• proper; legal

noun / ~する noun:

• observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance

noun:

• investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

noun:

• communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics

~の noun / noun:

• familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by - polite language ➜ 馴染み