noun:

• Buddha figure carved into a rock
• Buddha figure in a cabinet

noun:

• in-car announcement (on a train); PA system on a train

noun / ~する noun:

• nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take out a loan; to get a loan

noun:

• belief that where there's a will, there's a way

noun:

• Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight
• to decline; to wane; to abate
• to look melancholic (of a person) - colloquialism

noun:

• carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg
• karat (measure of purity of gold); carat

noun:

• old age; old person; the old; the aged

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the preceding year; the previous year; last year

particle:

• certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
• even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although - usu. with vol. verb or adj. stem
• without even; without so much as - with neg. verb
• at the (least, earliest, etc.) - after an adverb ➜ 遅くとも

expression:

• also (called)

particle:

• well - sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と

noun / suffix noun:

• playing
• play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• plot; intrigue; scheme
• conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act - Law term

noun / ~する noun:

• actual (as opposed to hidden or obscured); obvious; clear; manifest; explicit; overt; apparent; evident; actualized; actualised

noun:

• chanpuru; champuru; Okinawan stir-fry dish, usually containing vegetables (especially bitter melon), tofu, meat or fish - Ryūkyū dialect - Food term

noun:

• young men with deep tans (or dark makeup) who wear white eyeliner and lipstick - slang

noun:

• First Nations (i.e. non-Inuit or Metis aboriginal peoples in Canada)

suffix noun:

• superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ➜ 裸足【はだし】

noun:

• ignoring (one thing) for (another) ➜ 其方退け【そっちのけ】

noun:

• manpower supplied by designated adult men to government officials, or tax in lieu (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term
• UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile) ➜ 潜水艦発射弾道ミサイル【せんすいかんはっしゃだんどうミサイル】

noun:

• service at the head office; work at the home office ➜ 詰め【つめ】

noun:

• the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple

noun:

• both labor and management; both the workers and the employers - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to lay the blame on; to put the fault on