noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

noun:

• offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering ➜ 鏡餅

noun:

• number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation

conjunction:

• for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
• because of; as a result of

noun:

• Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

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

expression:

• things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent
• losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

noun:

• impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom

noun:

• impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom

noun:

• one's official name; one's registered name; one's name as it appears on the family register ➜ 戸籍

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to imitate; to copy; to mimic
• to enter someone as a candidate
• to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back)
• to compare; to liken

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to imitate; to copy; to mimic ➜ 擬する
• to enter someone as a candidate
• to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back)
• to compare; to liken

noun:

• match where the umpire disqualifies the coach and one player after the player has done something dangerous (such as hit by pitch; to prevent retaliation by the opposing team) - Baseball term

noun:

• ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities
• ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami

noun / ~する noun:

• joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side ➜ 併置【へいち】

noun:

• credit - abbreviation ➜ 掛け売り・掛け買い
• money owed on an account; bill
• hot noodles in broth - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 掛け蕎麦【かけそば】・掛けうどん【かけうどん】

noun / suffix noun:

• proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price)

suffix:

• in the midst of - after a -masu stem
• rest; rack; hanger - after a noun

noun / ~する noun:

• (coincidence of) mutual sentiment; sharing the same sentiment with somebody; finding oneself on the same wavelength as somebody; seeing eye to eye - four character idiom

noun:

• blotting sheet (as a cosmetic aid for removing oils and make up); blotting paper; oil absorbing sheet; oil absorbing paper

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf

noun:

• thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion - honorific language
• however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.)
• fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking

noun:

• man; person
• human being; mankind; people
• human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species - usually written using kana alone
• character; personality
• man of talent; true man
• another person; other people; others
• adult

noun:

• impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom

noun:

• Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

noun:

• Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year