adverb / ~と adverb:

• little by little; bit by bit; sparingly - onomatopoeia

adverb / noun:

• bit by bit; piece by piece; spots; pimples - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• moment by moment; hour by hour

noun:

• strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom - from 鳴門海峡
• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門巻き
• cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern - Food term
• Naruto; city in NE Tokushima pref ［鳴門］
• Naruto Strait ［鳴門］ - from 鳴門海峡 - abbreviation
• Naruto wakame ［鳴門］ - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門若布【なるとわかめ】

noun:

• man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

noun:

• decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity ➜ 少子化・高齢化

adverbial noun / conjunction:

• etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth - そのた is the more common reading when written

noun:

• star (esp. television); personality - From English "talent"
• talent; skill
• talent; unit of currency in ancient Greece and Israel ➜ タラント

adjectival noun:

• explosive
• sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid; abrupt; tremendous

noun:

• in company; among people ［じんちゅう］ ➜ 人中【ひとなか】
• philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip - Anatomy term

noun:

• New Ainu Law (passed in 1997, aiming at promoting and protecting Ainu culture)

noun:

• collecting bones and remains (e.g. on a battlefield)
• putting cremated remains in an urn

noun:

• moon
• Tsukuyomi (god of the moon in Shinto and mythology)

noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

noun:

• man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches; omnivore [literal]

noun:

• festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce ➜ 恵比寿【えびす】

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody
• polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.
• speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address
• reply; response
• revenge; retaliation - slang

expression:

• a fine thing to say - used sarcastically as a response to a rude remark; usu. in the form of ご挨拶 - humorous term
• dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) - orig. meaning ➜ 一挨一拶

noun:

• relationship (between people); connection - archaism
• intervention; mediation; mediator - archaism

noun:

• land owned by a Shinto shrine
• land owned by a company ➜ 社有地【しゃゆうち】

noun:

• dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings) ➜ 鈍い【にぶい】

noun:

• glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient - Food term ➜ 赤飯・強飯【こわめし】
• trickery; deception - archaism

noun:

• telephone card etc. with a misprint or other error - From English "error card"

noun:

• playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)

noun:

• pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang