expression / noun:

• trivial matter; cinch; easy as pie; piece of cake; child's play

noun:

• before breakfast - orig. meaning

noun:

• superalloy
• Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy

noun:

• guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange
• brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)

noun:

• natural gifts
• Tenju era (of the Southern Court) (1375.5.27-1381.2.10)

noun / ~する noun:

• having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor) - humble language

noun:

• Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water - Buddhism term

adjective:

• smelling of mold; musty; putrid
• old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed; worn-out ➜ 古臭い

noun:

• Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana - four character idiom ➜ うらぼん・お盆

noun:

• not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends

noun:

• brief remark; few words
• one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement

noun:

• identity fraud; forgery (e.g. of email); spoofing - IT term
• masquerade (esp. for evil purposes)

noun:

• key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument) ➜ 捉えどころのない

noun:

• inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; the trouble of coming (going) [literal] - polite language

noun / ~する noun:

• paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage

noun / ~する noun:

• persuading by heavy-handed methods
• (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements

noun:

• capital letter
• first character of a dictionary entry
• matrix (printing)
• kanji corresponding to furigana

noun:

• wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)

noun:

• liquid; beverage; drink
• food with high water content
• gamble; uncertain affair; matter of chance

noun:

• visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight

noun:

• sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow

noun / ~の noun:

• atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type

noun / ~する noun:

• change of colour; changing colours; discoloration

~の noun / noun:

• differently coloured (but otherwise similar)
• different; unusual

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol) - idiom

noun:

• Mt. Koya missionary (usu. low-ranking monks)
• Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 田鼈

noun:

• thin strip of wood smeared with sulfur, used to light a fire