noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• straight-from-the-pot udon; udon noodles pulled straight from the pot and served in the hot water used for boiling (traditionally without being soaked in cold water), eaten by dipping in sauce - Food term ➜ うどん

noun / ~の noun:

• old person; elderly person; senior citizen

noun:

• trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay - Sumo term
• senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
• important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

expression:

• it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb

particle:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
• or something - after an approximate quote or vague suggestion
• the likes of - lessening the significance or value of the previous word

noun:

• ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); "the ultimate truth of Buddhism" [figurative]; "nirvana" [figurative] - Buddhism term ➜ 五味

noun:

• the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)

noun:

• the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)

noun:

• the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)

noun:

• the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)

noun:

• the "ma" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ma, mi, mu, me, mo)

noun:

• the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)

noun / ~する noun:

• vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon)
• vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding

noun:

• purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

adjectival noun / noun:

• subtle grace; hidden beauty; yugen; mysterious profundity; elegant simplicity; the subtle and profound; the occult

adverb / ~の noun:

• as a god
• as was done in the age of the gods

noun:

• daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

noun:

• sashimi arranged in the original shape of the fish ➜ 活き造り
• fresh sashimi

noun:

• problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)

noun / ~する noun:

• alliance (esp. originally of individual member states of the Six Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) ➜ 合従・秦・六国

noun:

• Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament

noun:

• guide melody (karaoke melody to help the singer hold the tune)

noun:

• preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes - four character idiom

noun:

• a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

noun:

• happy trail (line of hair from the navel to the genitals); pubic hair