noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

~する noun:

• to apply (the law) with necessary modifications; to apply mutatis mutandis; to apply correspondingly

godan ~る verb:

• to blow violently; to blow incessantly; to blow hard (e.g. the wind)

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal

noun:

• arrow view; view on arrow; fragmentary view taken in the direction of an arrow

noun:

• the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami & Kamimusuhi no Kami)

noun / ~する noun:

• tye-dye; tye-dyeing
• aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; stop
• contraction; squeezing; choke

noun:

• dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.)
• letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sensitive to smoke

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance

noun:

• family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

noun:

• protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps)

counter:

• counter for book covers

noun:

• New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on Jan. 5, prior to WWII)
• New Year's party ➜ 新年会

noun:

• whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus, species of damselfish from the Indo- West Pacific); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish

noun:

• bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

noun:

• Land Price LOOK Report; quarterly trend report of the prices of intensively used land in major cities

expression:

• to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

noun:

• one's heart of hearts; the depths of one's mind

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fail to earn a credit
• to fail to make the grade

godan ~す verb:

• to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

noun:

• Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary - From Latin "Maria" ➜ 聖母マリア
• Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene