noun:

• Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort) ➜ 大谷渡
• Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant) ➜ 隠れ蓑
• leaves used for serving or offering sake, rice, etc. ➜ 三角柏

noun:

• Abenomics; economic and monetary policies of Shinzo Abe, 90th and 96th prime minister of Japan, during his second term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to lose one's breath
• to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to collapse
• to die

noun:

• logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber

noun / ~する noun:

• stall (in flying); stalling
• suddenly losing momentum; downturn; slump; weakening; decline

noun / ~する noun:

• distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation - From French "deformer"

noun:

• park (public, amusement, etc.)
• parking
• perk (in video games); special ability

noun:

• ascending air current; updraft - four character idiom
• upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.

noun:

• accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

noun:

• simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.)
• draw; tie

noun:

• three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China) - archaism

noun:

• lecturer; rhetorician; orator
• narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter

noun / ~する noun:

• following (e.g. suit, in someone's footsteps, etc.); emulation

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously; tortuously - onomatopoeia

noun:

• hand-operated electric generator (used in Edo-period medical treatment) - From Dutch "elektriciteit"
• electricity - orig. meaning - archaism ➜ 電気

noun:

• state amateur (government-funded sportsperson in training) - From English "state amateur"

expression / noun:

• slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.)
• being slightly older

conjunction:

• anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to spend one's days in tears and sorrow

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

noun:

• komejirushi; Japanese punctuation mark similar in usage to an asterisk

adjectival noun:

• gentle
• elegant; classy
• superior; skilled ➜ 優に
• excellent (in marking, grading, etc.)

noun:

• actor

noun / ~する noun:

• hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress

noun:

• artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)