noun / ~する noun:

• abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages

noun:

• alternative name; alternate name
• assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity)
• stage name

noun:

• main temple; main building of a shrine
• alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies ➜ 紫宸殿・内裏
• central building of a palace; State Chamber

noun:

• ruby - esp. ルビー
• ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material) - esp. ルビ
• Ruby (programming language) ［ルビー］ - IT term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)

noun:

• ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

noun:

• snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball)
• snapshot (esp. of people) - abbreviation ➜ スナップショット・スナップ写真
• snap fastener; press stud ➜ ホック

noun:

• Hydrolagus barbouri (species of cartilaginous fish found in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea)

noun:

• Rhincodon (genus of one species of whale shark, Rhincodon typus, in the family Rhincodontidae)

noun:

• starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation - Astronomy term ➜ スターバースト銀河【スターバーストぎんが】

noun:

• starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation - Astronomy term

noun:

• wind blowing on the day of the Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (15th day of the 2nd month) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the respective (relative) strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties - four character idiom

noun:

• country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera)
• to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.)
• to shift (position); to be slightly off

noun:

• filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote

noun:

• display of dolls during Hinamatsuri ➜ 雛人形【ひなにんぎょう】
• Hinamatsuri (March 3rd); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival ➜ 雛祭【ひなまつり】

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing snow down a mountain
• removing snow from the roof of a house

noun:

• small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state) - four character idiom

noun:

• place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine

noun:

• corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

noun:

• Kofuku-no-Kagaku; The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (religion founded in Japan in 1986)

expression:

• there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

noun:

• the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth
• twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pin down; to hold down; to press down - also written as 圧さえる
• to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
• to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
• to grasp (a point); to comprehend
• to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain ➜ 抑える【おさえる】