noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) - Shintō term
• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) ➜ 榊

expression:

• expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

noun:

• Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

noun:

• talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; chat
• talk show - abbreviation ➜ トークショー
• toque

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

expression / adverb:

• in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

noun:

• a fast (dissolute) life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures - four character idiom

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.) - at sentence-end ➜ もがな
• emphatic particle - at sentence-end - colloquialism
• particle adding uncertainty - often associated with an interrogative

noun / suffix noun:

• part; segment; share; ration ➜ 分の
• rate
• degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot ➜ 身分

suffix noun:

• relationship; connection; correspondence

noun / suffix noun:

• in proportion to; just as much as

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term ➜ 両面待ち【リャンメンまち】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a clash; with a thud; with a bang; with a flop; plump - onomatopoeia
• unexpectedly (meeting someone) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) ➜ 夕月

noun / ~する noun:

• replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new - four character idiom

expression:

• to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires ➜ 思うまま

noun:

• Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
• Tendai sect of Buddhism

expression:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

~と adverb / adverb:

• lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) - onomatopoeia
• steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough - often used adverbially as ひたひたに - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly - onomatopoeia - archaism
• closely; exactly - onomatopoeia - archaism

conjunction:

• for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
• because of; as a result of

noun:

• meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping - Sumo term
• meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)

noun:

• Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); the latter; defendant ➜ 甲【こう】
• stylish; chic; spicy; witty; tasty; romantic

adjectival noun:

• strange; quaint; queer

expression:

• thank you; good job; goodbye; goodnight - abbreviation - slang ➜ お疲れ様

particle:

• certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
• even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although - usu. with vol. verb or adj. stem
• without even; without so much as - with neg. verb
• at the (least, earliest, etc.) - after an adverb ➜ 遅くとも

expression:

• also (called)

particle:

• well - sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と