~と adverb / adverb:

• in various ways

noun / ~する noun:

• radical change in mentality; radically changing one's way of thinking; radical change in consciousness - four character idiom

noun:

• dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

expression:

• many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats - idiom

noun:

• free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

noun:

• small shovel or trowel used in gardening ➜ 移植ごて

noun:

• pornographic magazines sold wrapped in plastic - abbreviation

adjectival noun / noun:

• in chaos; incoherent

noun / ~する noun:

• going in order; proceeding in order; moving forward in order Antonym: 逆行
• direct motion; prograde motion - Astronomy term
• carrying out something without disobeying one's orders - archaism

noun:

• method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa

noun:

• actor who specializes in ruffian roles (specialises)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to appear in one's dream

noun:

• decline in academic ability; decline in academic performance

expression:

• if even the most crooked person is surrounded by good people, he will straighten up as does mugwort growing in a hemp field

noun:

• unvoiced consonant (except p) in Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 濁音【だくおん】・半濁音【はんだくおん】

~の noun:

• folded in half; doubled ➜ 二つ折りにする

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy - abbreviation ➜ 科学技術政策担当大臣【かがくぎじゅつせいさくたんとうだいじん】

noun:

• kink in one's neck; sprained neck ➜ 寝違い

expression:

• in traveling, companionship; in life, kindness - proverb

noun:

• nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope ➜ 陰陽道・一白【いっぱく】・二黒【じこく】・三碧【さんぺき】・四緑【しろく】・五黄【ごおう】・六白【ろっぱく】・七赤【しちせき】・八白【はっぱく】・九紫【きゅうし】

noun:

• picture for coloring in (colouring)

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• putting in an appearance; showing one's face - archaism ➜ 顔出し

noun:

• lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 小正月・元宵

noun:

• ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryo system); deputy minister - archaism ➜ 大輔【たいふ】