adverb:

• annually; year by year

noun / suffix noun:

• contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.) ➜ 月極め・日極め

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to startle someone; to make someone jump out of their skin; to take someone by surprise; to pull someone's butt hair [literal] - idiom ➜ 尻毛

noun:

• samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.) - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves

noun:

• dharma mandala (in Shingon); mandala were each deity is represented by its seed syllable in Sanskrit - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

expression / noun:

• red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

noun:

• algebraic variety; locus defined by polynomial equations - Mathematics term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

noun:

• ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% - abbreviation ➜ 吟醸酒

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun:

• individual; one by one

noun:

• Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi) ➜ 勅撰和歌集

noun:

• seatopia; experimental underwater habitat developed by Japan in the 1970s - From English "sea utopia"

noun:

• reflation; stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes ➜ リフレーション

noun:

• wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

noun:

• anime karaoke; karaoke accompanied by animation - abbreviation

noun:

• Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term ➜ 三尊【さんぞん】

noun:

• private account (esp. on Twitter); account on a social networking service that can only be viewed by approved followers - slang ➜ 垢

noun / ~する noun:

• circumnavigation; circle tour by ship

noun:

• increasing daily; increasing day by day
• foodstuffs left out for many days ➜ 日増し物

adverb / ~の noun:

• day after day; day by day

noun:

• Lolita fashion; fashion style characterized by frilly dresses, knee socks and bonnets - From English

adjectival noun / adverb:

• barely; scraping by - onomatopoeia

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be robbed of one's due; to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite [literal] ➜ 鳶