noun:

• strange festival; festival with bizarre or unusual ritual

noun:

• native mercury (natural mercury found associated with cinnabar)

auxiliary:

• it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ... - Kansai dialect

noun:

• snub nose; flat nose with flattened nostrils

~と adverb:

• with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.) - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽとりと落ちる

expression:

• with a gentle face and a nice word - four character idiom

expression / ~の noun:

• can be dispensed with; be better without; useless ➜ なくてもよい

noun:

• hair tied with red yak's tail hair ➜ 赤熊【しゃぐま】

noun:

• being on duty with a colleague
• partner; colleague

noun / ~する noun:

• living with one's parents; living at home

noun:

• information illiterate; people with inadequate access to information

noun:

• information illiterate; people with inadequate access to information - slang - abbreviation ➜ 情報弱者

noun:

• shabu-shabu made with pork (instead of beef) - Food term ➜ しゃぶしゃぶ

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)

expression:

• based on; derived from; building on; beginning with

noun:

• letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter

noun:

• cooperation with the government from outside the cabinet

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

prefix:

• every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

noun:

• metabolism

noun / ~する noun:

• renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new

noun / ~する noun:

• hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water

adverb:

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

noun:

• empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank ➜ 空包

auxiliary:

• it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ... - polite language ➜ のです

noun:

• sushi rice; rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt - Food term ➜ 寿司飯【すしめし】・舎利【しゃり】