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

noun:

• useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts

noun:

• numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

noun:

• inflammation of a tendon (sheath); tendonitis; tendinitis; tenosynovitis; tenovaginitis; tendovaginitis - Medicine term

noun:

• ten great disciples (e.g. of Basho, Confucius, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• a line (of mountains, islands, houses, etc.); bound together

noun:

• mayfly; ephemeropteran
• ephemerality (of human life)
• dragonfly; damselfly ［かげろう］ - archaism ➜ 蜻蛉【とんぼ】

noun:

• remaining works; results of a man's labor (labour)

noun:

• finger board (of a musical instrument)
• vital point

noun / ~する noun:

• freight handling; cargo sorting; disposal of goods
• sale