noun:

• ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry ［かばざくら］ ➜ 江戸彼岸
• any cherry tree with birch-like bark
• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana) - archaism ➜ 上溝桜

noun:

• the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道

noun:

• thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term

noun:

• savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); Bosc's monitor ➜ サバンナオオトカゲ

noun:

• shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards ➜ 榧【かや】

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb

noun:

• flower; blossom; bloom; petal
• cherry blossom
• beauty
• blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
• ikebana ➜ 生け花
• hanafuda - abbreviation ➜ 花札
• (the) best - usu. as 〜が花 ➜ 言わぬが花

~の noun:

• glorious; lovely

noun:

• kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

noun:

• yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion - Sumo term
• best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

noun / ~の noun:

• some; few; a number of; a little (bit)

adverbial noun:

• somewhat; to a certain extent

~の noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• many; a lot ［そこばく・そくばく・そこば］ - archaism

noun / adjectival noun:

• self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

interjection:

• play ball!

noun:

• starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)

noun:

• boss; leader; head
• difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game

noun:

• Latin (language) - abbreviation ➜ ラテン語【ラテンご】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• Latin-American; Latin; Latino - abbreviation ➜ ラテン音楽【ラテンおんがく】・ラテンアメリカ
• Latin; Roman; relating to the literature, culture, etc. of ancient Rome ➜ ラテン文学

expression / noun:

• perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)) ➜ 横車を押す

noun:

• side wheel throw (judo)

noun:

• mapo doufu; mapo tofu; spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat - Food term - From Chinese "mápó dòufu"

noun / ~の noun:

• pigeon chest (Pectus carinatum, deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum); pigeon breast
• woman with big breasts - colloquialism

noun:

• juice pressed from a bitter orange ➜ ポンス
• ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice) - abbreviation ➜ ポン酢醤油

noun:

• young person acting like an old person
• officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period ➜ 老中

noun:

• large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day - Buddhism term

interjection / noun / ~する noun:

• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue - from 赤目 ➜ 赤目【あかべ】

noun / ~する noun:

• undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all recognition; a rise in one's reputation - four character idiom

noun:

• dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) - abbreviation ➜ 身八つ口