noun:

• Kansai-style sushi (esp. pressed sushi, such as battera) ➜ バッテラ・押し鮨【おしずし】

conjunction:

• (if you want to do something) you might as well

expression:

• being the same thing (as); being indistinguishable (from) - idiom

noun:

• introduced species (esp. invasive species as defined by law) ➜ 外来生物法

noun:

• direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion) - abbreviation - IT term ➜ 漢字直接入力

noun:

• direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion) - IT term ➜ 漢直

noun:

• beauty of content (as opposed to form); substantial beauty ➜ 形式美

expression / adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

conjunction:

• such ... as; or some such

noun:

• guilty verdict; guilty as charged

numeric:

• one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

noun:

• one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
• thickness
• advantageous circumstances
• one-tenth of a monme of silver ➜ 匁【もんめ】

noun:

• meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; to invoke a storm [literal]

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• beginning; start; outset; opening

noun:

• first (in line, etc.) - esp. 初め
• origin - esp. 始め
• such as ...; not to mention ... - esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc. - usually written using kana alone

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

noun:

• nectar
• honey
• honeydew
• treacle; molasses
• sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

noun:

• traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) ➜ 清楽・明楽

adverb:

• at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by) - in form 〜のまにまに ➜ ままに

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; as one likes
• by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes