adverb:

• sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something - onomatopoeia
• applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over - onomatopoeia
• daubing; smearing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern - Food term ➜ 蒲鉾【かまぼこ】

noun:

• earth removed from a mine (or tunnel, etc.)

noun:

• letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

noun:

• grounds south of a building; southern garden
• garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace) ➜ 紫宸殿

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.)

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• survival of the fittest - four character idiom

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚

noun:

• mode of expression

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to draw a line between; to clearly differentiate; to distinguish between

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period) ➜ 笄髷

noun:

• functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned) ➜ 本開き
• surgeon's cuffs

noun:

• suffix added after a writer's pen name

noun:

• type of detector used at airports

noun:

• the seven previous incarnations of Buddha ➜ 七仏

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go on a trip with someone; to accompany on a trip - often ...と行を共に...

noun:

• transcript of results; report of results

noun:

• simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cause a person trouble

noun:

• torii made of stone ➜ 鳥居

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• man of principle

noun:

• Society of Friends; Quakers

noun:

• separation of electrical power production from power distribution and transmission