adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

noun:

• reward; compensation; repayment; something done or given in return
• collateral; security
• turning to look behind

adjectival noun:

• rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; dense; strong Antonym: 淡泊
• very likely; highly possible
• passionate; hot

noun:

• portable shrine (carried in festivals) - esp. 神輿 ➜ お神輿
• palanquin ［みこし］ - esp. 御輿 - honorific language ➜ 輿
• buttocks; lower back; waist; hips ［みこし］ - esp. sitting down, getting up, etc. - usually written using kana alone ➜ みこしを据える【みこしをすえる】・腰

noun / ~する noun:

• coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other
• street traffic; highway

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• in drops; dripping; trickling; streaming; flowing - onomatopoeia
• gently (sloping) - onomatopoeia
• sluggishly; endlessly; lengthily - onomatopoeia
• leisurely; idly; slowly; slovenly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• jump; plunge; dive

noun / ~の noun:

• appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced; cropping up suddenly

noun / ~する noun:

• cast; mold; mould; casting; molding; moulding; compacting (e.g. in metallurgy) - esp. 成型
• forming; shaping; fashioning - esp. 成形

noun:

• bill; account
• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term

noun:

• New Wave (esp. in cinema) - From French "Nouvelle Vague"

noun / ~する noun:

• going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

noun / ~の noun:

• in earnest; single-minded; with intense concentration; rushing headlong into - four character idiom
• one and only; unique

noun:

• all-or-nothing gambler; power hitter (baseball); slugger; one hit wonder (e.g. in music)

noun:

• captured piece that can be reused - Shōgi term
• person or object held in reserve; available means

noun:

• crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

noun:

• bloomers; 'safe' pants worn over normal underwear in sports - From English "under skirt"

expression:

• deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku - Music term

noun:

• flour made from parched rice or barley (can be mixed in hot water and drunk)

noun:

• diagnostic sphygmopalpation (in traditional Chinese medicine); medical diagnosis performed by feeling one's pulse

noun:

• high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)

expression / noun:

• situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; Benkei's last stand [literal] - idiom

noun:

• handing over in its present state; selling as-is, without warranty (esp. second-hand goods)