adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

expression / adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• in the same manner as before; the same as always

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ すら

expression:

• good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears - four character idiom

noun:

• clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)

noun:

• Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

noun:

• Hakuho period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)

noun:

• bing-bong bang-bong (Big Ben chimes, used as a bell in Japanese schools) ➜ 予鈴

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

noun:

• people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel) ➜ 稗官

noun:

• passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)

noun:

• instant noodles (sold in a soft plastic packaging, as opposed to cup noodles) ➜ カップ麺

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• loss of momentum or follow-through as a result of impact; getting knocked aside - Sports term

noun:

• anomaly; angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun - Astronomy term

noun:

• objective complement; noun or adjective following and modifing the direct object

expression:

• enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate - from Matthew 7:13 - proverb

expression:

• It is hard to explain; It is hard to say

expression:

• Heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth - four character idiom

noun:

• screams produced during sex
• bawdy song; song of low character

noun:

• seasonal word (in haiku) ➜ 季語
• seasonal topic (in haiku); seasonal word used as a theme (at a haiku gathering)

noun:

• precious stone (esp. jade) - also formerly read as ごく
• egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) - Food term
• stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold
• position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) ➜ 建玉
• geisha
• time charge for a geisha - abbreviation ➜ 玉代
• king (of the junior player) - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 玉将

noun:

• dried citrus peel (esp. of a satsuma mandarin) used as seasoning and in traditional Chinese medicine; chenpi ➜ 蜜柑

noun:

• all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair - Mahjong term - From Chinese