expression:

• (it was) not until; (it was) only when

noun:

• small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below) ➜ 雅楽【ががく】

noun:

• decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大頭【おおがしら】

noun:

• pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)

godan ~む verb:

• to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
• to bring in a man for sex

noun / ~する noun:

• spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman)

noun:

• medium; channeler ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation") ➜ 悪貨は良貨を駆逐する

noun:

• pontoon bridge; temporary bridge made using ships
• bridge (of a ship) ［せんきょう］

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

noun:

• the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom

noun:

• deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

adverb:

• bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire) - onomatopoeia
• doing something at a mad pace (spend money, work)

noun:

• adding sounds to a soundtrack after a film has been made; postrecording; postsynchronization; postsynchronisation; postlooping; dubbing - abbreviation - From English "after recording" ➜ アフターレコーディング

noun / ~する noun:

• gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

noun:

• var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules

noun:

• kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea - not related to 昆布茶

noun:

• tonkatsu sauce; sauce made from ketchup, Worcester, soy, mirin, mustard, etc. ➜ 豚カツ

noun:

• power of finality (of a legal decision, e.g. when a case is dismissed with prejudice) - Law term

~と adverb:

• gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• dental; dental consonant; dental sound - Linguistics term

noun:

• the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

noun:

• the people; the masses; the public; the great unwashed