noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the United States

noun:

• term used to refer to Japanese-American children (nisei) who were sent by their parents to Japan before WW2 to receive their schooling

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

noun:

• large ginkgo tree
• ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; browsing
• reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bend; to flutter; to wave
• to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to; to obey

noun:

• splash; spray
• chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.); getting mixed up in

adverb:

• very; awfully; exceedingly - とっても is more emphatic
• (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot) - before a negative form

noun:

• without touching; no touching - From English "no touch"
• not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in

noun:

• knowledge and action
• ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege ➜ 知行【ちぎょう】

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• being fond of; having a liking for
• to the liking of; favored by; popular with

noun / ~する noun:

• addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging
• making do; getting by; managing ➜ 抜き差しならない・抜き差しならぬ

noun / ~の noun:

• friend; ally; supporter Antonym: 敵【てき】

noun / ~する noun:

• taking sides with; supporting; standing by; backing up

adverb:

• why?; what for?
• how?; by what means?

noun / suffix noun:

• degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)

counter:

• counter for occurrences

noun / suffix noun:

• strength (of glasses); glasses prescription
• alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume

noun:

• extent; degree; limit ➜ 度を過ごす
• presence of mind; composure ➜ 度を失う

noun / ~の noun:

• duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation

~の noun:

• in-law; relation by marriage

noun:

• ball (for sport, games, etc.)
• kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan ［鞠・毬］ ➜ 蹴鞠

noun / ~する noun:

• national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners) ➜ 開国

noun:

• sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss (a train, bus, etc.)
• to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

noun:

• lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning

~する noun:

• to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning

noun:

• a square sun (i.e. approx 9sq. cm.) ➜ 寸
• one's mind; space occupied by one's heart

noun:

• beauty spot; place with beautiful scenery ［奇勝］
• unexpected victory; victory by uncommon stratagem

noun:

• essence; true nature; substance; reality - archaism

adverb:

• originally; naturally; by nature; from the start - archaism

noun:

• imperial coronation crown
• celestial crown; crown worn by Buddha and celestial beings

noun / ~する noun:

• mixture; intermixture; mixing up; jumbling together
• contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning - Linguistics term