noun:

• first-degree relative; member of one's immediate family

noun:

• chemical reaction
• generation of an unexpected result from combining things

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pack an assortment of goods, etc.

noun:

• Records of Ancient Matters (Japan's oldest historical record)

adjectival noun / noun:

• we are of equal status in this regard

noun / ~する noun:

• repost (e.g. of an online article); resubmission; revised submission

noun:

• preparation (e.g. of land for tilling); ground clearance; clearing

expression / noun:

• ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility

noun:

• hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society - four character idiom

noun:

• telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

noun:

• agglomerate (e.g. of cells, molecules, etc.); aggregation; mass; cluster

noun:

• sparing a life; clemency
• reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)

noun:

• cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil Antonym: 性善説

noun:

• assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter - often ～の盛り合わせ

noun:

• large junk, with capacity for 1,000 koku of rice ➜ 石

noun:

• middle-sized Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata) - Kantō dialect ➜ 鰤

noun:

• drowned body of a person (after sumo wrestler Narusegawa Dozaemon) - four character idiom

noun:

• special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); SAR

noun:

• school record (on a student); transcript (of grades) ➜ 調査書
• confidential report

noun / ~する noun:

• stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

noun:

• method of making patterns via pressing cloth between carved boards

noun:

• Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group) - sensitive ➜ 被差別部落民

noun:

• desk with a tier of drawers on one side

noun:

• mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking