adjective:

• hard to get; hard to come by

adverb:

• day by day; every day; with each passing day

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be captivated by ...; to be fascinated with ...

expression:

• in steps of; in units of; calculated by

godan ~る verb:

• to be amused (by, at); to wonder at

expression:

• to be fated to; be linked by fate

noun:

• bag; sack; pouch
• skin of an orange (and other like fruits)
• dead end
• plot of land surrounded by water

noun:

• firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys) - From Dutch "ransel"

noun / ~する noun:

• spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman)

noun:

• medium; channeler ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes
• hairstyle inspired by such a doll (esp. for female children) (Edo period)

noun:

• magazine published by fans; fanzine
• publication aimed at a particular hobby group
• publication sold directly, and not via commercial publishers

noun:

• everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan
• silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

noun:

• low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride - abbreviation - slang ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) ➜ 漫画

noun:

• intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 伊弉冉尊・伊弉諾尊・軻遇突智・火結神・火之夜芸速男神

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 迦具土神

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 迦具土神

noun:

• (rocky) seashore party; seashore festival ➜ 磯遊び
• celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul

noun:

• starched white uniform worn by menservants of government officials - archaism
• something pasted with plain white paper (e.g. umbrella, lantern) ➜ 白張り提灯

noun:

• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956)

noun:

• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯

noun:

• Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm) ➜ 半紙【はんし】
• late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district ➜ 洒落本

noun:

• small private school (esp. for cramming)
• private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

noun:

• lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume