noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

pronoun:

• such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that

interjection:

• What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?

noun:

• great longitudinal fissure; longitudinal cerebral fissure; longitudinal fissure; interhemispheric fissure; fissura longitudinalis cerebri; groove that separates the two hemispheres of the brain

noun:

• being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reception (e.g. of a radio station)
• reputation; renown; fame; hearsay
• impression (that something gives off); respectability
• sonority - Linguistics term

noun:

• Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ

noun:

• door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity

expression:

• so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch - idiom

noun:

• opposite side; other side; opposite direction
• over there; that way; far away; beyond
• the other party; the other person
• future (starting now)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut (left by someone else) [literal] ➜ 前車の轍を踏む・前轍を踏む

noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

noun:

• evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) ➜ 夕月

expression:

• if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

expression / adverb:

• at precisely this moment; at precisely that moment; just then; just when

noun:

• once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years - four character idiom

noun:

• Pediculus humanus (species of louse that infests humans); body louse; body lice; head louse; head lice

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun:

• tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting
• tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin - abbreviation ➜ 天目茶碗

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to decide to
• to pretend that - after the past tense form of a verb
• to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to - as 〜ことにしている

noun:

• toll-free number - From English "free dial"
• free dial (e.g. device or combination lock that can be set to any number)

noun:

• pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) ➜ 猿

expression:

• there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have

expression / adjective:

• nonexistent; not in one's possession - emphatic form of 無い ➜ 無い

expression:

• (from rakugo) that's all from me, and now the next speaker ...; expression used to hand over to the next speaker

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener) ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其の・彼【あれ】

godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case) - である with も; formal, literary ➜ である
• to be ... or something

noun:

• seed of Buddhahood - Buddhism term
• something that makes it possible to attain Buddhahood
• teaching of Buddha which make it possible to be enlightened