expression / adjective:

• is never the case; has never happened

noun:

• low-ranking samurai; samurai of the lowest rank - derogatory term

noun:

• gender preselection; selection of the sex of offspring

noun:

• secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting

prefix noun / noun:

• eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica) - often used in names of dishes containing eel - abbreviation ➜ 鰻【うなぎ】・鰻巻き【うまき】

noun / ~する noun:

• paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table - colloquialism

expression / ~の noun:

• as far as the eye can see

conjunction:

• by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing - abbreviation - slang ➜ ちなみに

expression / noun:

• rainy spells just before the rainy season

noun:

• midriff; upper abdomen
• clothing that exposes the midriff

noun:

• character traits of the people of a prefecture

noun / ~する noun:

• action; activity

noun:

• movie (esp. during the silent movie period) - abbreviation - obsolete term ➜ 活動写真

noun:

• stomach
• Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 胃宿・白虎【びゃっこ】

noun / suffix noun:

• (the) whole; entirety; wholly; as a whole; generally; universally

noun / ~する noun:

• locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

suffix noun:

• little less than; fewer than; under ➜ 小【こ】

noun:

• weakness; the weak

noun:

• about an hour; short time

suffix:

• half past (the hour)

noun:

• name

suffix noun:

• in the name of

noun:

• moral duty ➜ 名分
• justification; pretext

noun:

• Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

noun / ~の noun:

• metropolitan (i.e. established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government)

noun:

• Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?) - From Sanskrit "Śākya"

noun:

• the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

noun:

• eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

noun / ~する noun:

• looking from the side
• looking aside

noun:

• mandarin orange (esp. the satsuma mandarin, Citrus unshiu)