adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

noun:

• rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds

noun:

• style or manner of writing

noun:

• flower or branch fastened in the hair ➜ 挿頭

noun:

• royal or imperial domain

noun:

• table salt

noun:

• boiled rice mixed with vegetables and meat or fish - Kansai dialect - Food term ➜ 加薬御飯

noun:

• early Edo-period book written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji (primarily intended for women and children) - four character idiom

noun:

• proximity of a monarch or lord

noun:

• various parties or factions; minor parties

noun:

• question of maintenance or abolition (of an institution, organization, etc.) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be determined to do or die; to never give up until one is dead

adverb:

• sooner or later; in due time; in due course - more emphatic version of 何時か ➜ 何時か

conjunction:

• or

noun:

• fund-raising drive or campaign

noun:

• feeling of food or drink going down one's throat - often of beer

noun:

• lonely or uninhabited valley

noun:

• spreading a piece of wet washing or paper on a board

noun:

• painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)
• characters written in a way inspired from that style

noun / ~の noun:

• bleary or drunken eyes

noun:

• trembling or quavering voice

noun:

• knotted cord or rope
• quipu; quippu - abbreviation ➜ 結縄文字

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

noun:

• people attending a funeral or offering condolences

noun:

• kanji sun ("inch") radical at right (radical 41)