expression:

• at least ...; at least not (when followed by a negative) - ...だけは - idiom

noun:

• child's appearance; appearance when one was a child - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect) - Linguistics term ➜ 短呼

noun:

• long sound (esp. long vowel) - Linguistics term

noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

noun:

• light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout
• aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium) - usu. 雪平鍋

noun:

• training partner
• training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)

noun:

• dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)

noun:

• distemper painting - esp. どろえ ➜ 泥絵の具
• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background) - esp. でいえ ➜ 金銀泥絵

noun:

• normal goods (i.e. goods for which demand increases when consumer's income increases) ➜ 上級財・優等財

expression:

• when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

noun:

• the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom

noun:

• horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn

expression / adverb / ~の noun:

• through glass; behind glass; (made of) glass

noun:

• shaved head; person with a shaved head - From English "skinhead"
• skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make a thundering sound; to make roar

expression / ichidan verb:

• to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

noun:

• sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
• God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
• ascension (into heaven)

noun:

• the emperor's person
• the body of Christ; the Host; the Eucharist; Holy Communion

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun:

• Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life
• reformation; rehabilitation
• playback; regeneration (sound, etc.); view (of a video clip)
• reclamation; recovery
• rebirth; reincarnation

expression:

• once (e.g. "once, when I was studying .."); on one occasion; at one point

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes