noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

expression:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be included; to be composed of; to be comprised of

noun:

• western direction
• Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise) ［さいほう］ - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 西方浄土
• western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo) ［にしがた］ - Martial Arts term

noun:

• conduct; behaviour
• movements; gesture; one's carriage
• performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting
• dance (in kabuki); dance play - abbreviation ➜ 所作事

noun:

• international marriage which is recognized in only one party's country (e.g. same-sex marriage, polygamy, underage marriage)

noun:

• flipping (e.g. coin)
• two-timing; changing sides - slang
• zapping; channel-surfing ➜ ザッピング
• flipping; ring inversion - Chemistry term ➜ 環反転
• flipping; casting technique in fishing

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tap-tap; knock-knock; bang-bang - onomatopoeia
• cough-cough - onomatopoeia
• bark (of a fox); yelp; cry - onomatopoeia
• heavily (e.g. of snow falling) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• fox - children's language ➜ 狐

noun:

• (my) wife ［かない］ - humble language
• inside the home; one's family

noun / ~の noun:

• facing; opposite; across the street; other side

noun:

• point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline ➜ 要領を得る
• knack; trick; the ropes

adverb / ~の noun:

• originally; by nature; from the start

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• uniform; equal; even; the same; identical Antonym: 多様
• common; ordinary; usual

noun:

• voter; constituent; (electoral) franchise-holder; (the) electorate; eligible voters

adverb:

• until now; so far; up to the present ➜ 今から

noun / ~する noun:

• using together (jointly); used at the same time

noun / ~する noun:

• taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

~の noun / noun:

• immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous

noun:

• ages; long time; decade; the past ten years

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally / godan ~る verb:

• depending on the circumstances ➜ に依る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• due to (with modifying verb)