noun:

• bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr ［イガイガ・いがいが］ ➜ 毬【いが】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; bristling ［イガイガ・いがいが］

~と adverb / adverb:

• crying of a baby - archaism - onomatopoeia

expression:

• just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK - colloquialism Antonym: ギリギリアウト ➜ ぎりぎり・セーフ

noun:

• Scilla scilloides (species of squill)

noun:

• Lycoris traubii (species of spider lily)

noun:

• habanera (style of slow Cuban dance) - From Spanish

noun:

• holding two positions at once (esp. of rikishi or judges who are also coaches) - Sumo term

noun:

• deluxe edition (of a book); book in expensive binding; hardcover book

noun:

• glory (i.e. an anticorona) ➜ 御来迎

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be too late (to be of use)

noun:

• Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• (of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

noun:

• Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto) ➜ 吉田神道

noun:

• Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism) ➜ 浄土真宗

noun:

• (sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)

noun:

• widespread column (species of land snail, Pupilla muscorum)

noun:

• Brazilian elodea (species of aquatic plant, Egeria densa)

noun / ~の noun:

• unspecified large number (of people)

noun:

• results (of a study)

noun:

• Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 薄葉細辛

noun:

• prefix (as a part-of-speech) - Linguistics term

noun:

• famous game (of go, shogi, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

auxiliary verb:

• indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past); can form a poetic past tense
• indicates continuation from the past to the present
• end; conclusion - also written with the ateji 鳧

adverb / ~と adverb:

• mewing (of a cat); meow; miaow - onomatopoeia ➜ にゃあ

noun:

• cat; kitty; pussy cat - children's language

noun:

• blue shark (Prionace glauca, species of circumglobal requiem shark) ➜ 葦切鮫