noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• rapid pace at which the information technology field moves - From English "dog year"
• dog's ear ➜ ドッグイヤ

noun:

• orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency

noun:

• rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

noun:

• Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

noun:

• announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")

noun:

• paper put between newly completed prints to prevent the ink from smudging; interleaf; slip sheet

noun:

• last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) - Buddhism term ➜ 弔い上げ

expression / noun:

• person who has lost something they used to rely on; a monkey fallen from the tree [literal] - idiom

noun:

• former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period) ➜ バテレン

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin; to start; to commence
• to happen (again); to begin (anew)
• to date (from); to originate (in)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse
• to urge; to press; to pester
• to torture; to torment; to persecute
• to break in (a horse)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back
• to reject; to send back

noun:

• workshop ［さいくじょ］ ➜ 工房
• Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies)
• Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.

expression / noun:

• something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa - idiom

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• least; lowest; minimum Antonym: 最高

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• worst Antonym: 最高
• awful; horrible; nasty; disgusting

adverb:

• at the very least

noun:

• deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection
• the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

noun:

• corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things

noun:

• sharing a room; dormitory room
• match between wrestlers from the same stable - Sumo term

noun:

• cashmere (fiber, yarn, fleece, clothing, etc. from the cashmere goat)

expression / adverb:

• at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

noun:

• icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait