noun / ~の noun:

• high speed; rapidity

noun:

• rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train - abbreviation ➜ 快速電車

noun:

• caramel (soft candy) ［キャラメル］
• caramel (browned sugar used as flavouring) - usu. カラメル

noun / ~の noun:

• the world; the earth

noun:

• this world (as opposed to heaven) - Buddhism term

noun:

• worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh
• klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) - Buddhism term

noun:

• deity; god
• Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity) ➜ 天照大神

noun:

• incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar - Buddhism term ➜ 実化
• embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

noun / ~する noun:

• transcription; copying

noun:

• handwriting (as a school subject); penmanship

noun:

• law; rule; commandment
• the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses) ➜ モーセ五書

noun:

• Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
• Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido ➜ 和人地

noun:

• small stream; brooklet
• murmuring (as of a stream)

noun:

• Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
• complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)

noun:

• something already finished (accomplished, etc.) ➜ 未遂
• perpetrated crime (as opposed to attempted crime)

noun:

• linguistic activity
• language (as defined by Saussure; langue and parole) ➜ ランガージュ

noun:

• maggot
• worm (as a term of abuse); scum - derogatory term

noun:

• small purification wand - archaism
• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) ➜ 切麻

noun:

• the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them - four character idiom
• (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's hand or hands - usu. 手を挙げる
• to surrender - usu. 手を上げる
• to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike) - usu. 手を上げる
• to improve - usu. 手を上げる ➜ 腕を上げる

noun:

• sweet rice jelly
• Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener) - orig. meaning

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick
• vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

noun:

• emperor; living god; god incarnate
• miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

noun:

• rough cardboard made from straw
• low-grade paper (used as a lining) - archaism

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to establish oneself in life; to achieve success; to reach a high position
• to begin life (as an adult); to step out into the world

noun:

• vegetables; (edible) greens
• blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

noun:

• guarana (tree); Paullinia cupana
• guarana (seed extract as an ingredient used in stamina drinks and foods for restorative and stimulant effect)