noun:

• base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

~の noun / noun:

• unshakeable (e.g. belief); invincible; steadfastness; firmness; unwavering (e.g. support); absolutely secure - four character idiom

adjectival noun / ~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy - onomatopoeia ➜ こりこり

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• grumpily; touchily; edgily; irritably - onomatopoeia
• scratching - onomatopoeia

noun:

• call number (e.g. of a book in a library)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet); to transfer

godan ~る verb:

• to pitch (e.g. a boat)
• to force out an opponent - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• disappearance (e.g. of a symptom)

noun:

• example of execution (e.g. in patents); practical example; working example; embodiment

noun:

• six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian) ➜ 左方唐楽

godan ~す verb:

• to hammer out thinly (e.g. goldleaf)

noun:

• intercontinental (e.g. hotel)

noun:

• food for specified health uses (e.g. cholesterol reduction); designated health food - abbreviation ➜ 特定保健用食品

noun / ~する noun:

• checking (e.g. result of calculation)

noun:

• showily decorated truck (e.g. chrome, air-brushed pictures, colored lights); art truck - From English "decoration truck"

noun:

• palace kitchen in which final preparations to the imperial family's meals (e.g. reheating) were made (Heian period)
• kitchen (in a noble's manor)

noun:

• articulate (i.e. an arthropod or an annelid)

adjectival noun / noun:

• bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to place a weight upon (e.g. when making pickles); to press (down) ➜ 重し

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

noun / ~する noun:

• separating words in Japanese with spaces (e.g. in kana-only books for children) - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• clearness (e.g. sky); transparency

prefix noun:

• new members (e.g. club); new students; freshman

noun:

• event to welcome new students, club members, etc. (e.g. welcome party) - abbreviation ➜ 新歓コンパ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate

noun:

• pressure points (e.g. for application of moxa)
• vulnerable body cavities - Martial Arts term

noun / ~する noun:

• repulse (e.g. enemy); repelling; driving off