noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高等学校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayaura divination ➜ 粥占

noun:

• horse; block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes - Geology term

noun:

• first day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 終鳴日

noun:

• last day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 初鳴日

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is ➜ 唯でさえ

noun:

• highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 棟上げ式【むねあげしき】

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 餅まき

noun:

• cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor - orig. an abbr. of 仕事 ➜ パチンコ

noun:

• formality; social rules
• social status; social standing
• amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo) - usu. きゃくしき - archaism ➜ 律令

noun:

• cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot ➜ 鞘

ichidan verb:

• to bury something in the ground
• to cover coals with ash; to bank a fire

noun:

• any of a number of secret societies of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

noun / ~する noun:

• the 'be-be-be' sound of a detector going off
• clicking with someone; being compatible

noun:

• emperor; living god; god incarnate
• miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

ichidan verb:

• to impose (printing); to lay out the page order
• to assemble (e.g. components)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• suggestion box; comment box
• complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• Self-Strengthening Movement; Westernization Movement; political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty

noun:

• tip; top ➜ 末【うら】

temporal noun:

• end; close (e.g. close of the month)

noun / ~の noun:

• youngest child ➜ 末っ子

noun:

• descendants; offspring; posterity - esp. 〜の末

temporal noun:

• future
• finally

noun / ~の noun:

• trivialities

noun:

• cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
• beef - usu. ぎゅう ➜ 牛肉
• Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［ぎゅう］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun:

• devil; demon; fiend
• Satan; the Devil - in Christianity and Judaism ➜ サタン
• Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment - Buddhism term