noun:

• scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert of Japanese maths ➜ 和算

noun:

• letters from exiled Europeans in Jakarta to their Japanese wives and half-Japanese children (during the Edo period)

adverb:

• nowhere (with neg. verb); not anywhere
• everywhere; anywhere; anyplace ➜ 何処でも

noun:

• hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) ➜ 片仮名

noun:

• early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian - From Portuguese "cristao"

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 促音便

expression:

• before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs) - after neg. stem of verb

noun:

• Yellow Cab - trademark
• Japanese woman who readily sleeps with foreign men (sometimes a stereotype of all Japanese women) - slang

noun:

• Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion
• sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek - abbreviation

noun:

• Japanese-style business management; adoption of Japanese business practices (such as lifelong employment, seniority-based promotions, etc.)

noun:

• Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker

noun:

• word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word

noun:

• Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden

noun:

• Japanese style restaurant; Japanese style dining hall

particle:

• (after imperative form of a verb) as if to say; as though

noun:

• verb phrase; verbal phrase - Linguistics term

noun:

• Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
• lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) ➜ 竹【たけ】・松【まつ】

prefix:

• goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis - from 引き ➜ 引っ抱える

noun:

• what; something; everything
• nothing (with neg. verb)
• something or other; unspecified matter

noun:

• use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun ➜ 連用形

noun:

• Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine

noun:

• Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera); Japanese woodpecker; wavy-bellied woodpecker

noun:

• Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine ➜ 赤松【あかまつ】

noun:

• conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction ➜ 句形
• rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese ➜ 句形

noun:

• Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music) ➜ 洋楽