noun:

• men's fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories

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:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

noun:

• official notice
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ［お触れ・御触れ］ - abbreviation ➜ お触書

noun:

• Clarke number; abundance of a chemical element in the Earth's crust, as calculated by geochemist Frank Wigglesworth Clarke - Geology term

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• going side-by-side; going abreast
• running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

adverb / ~と adverb:

• drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; in a trickle - onomatopoeia
• incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion - onomatopoeia

noun:

• corsage; small bouquet worn by a woman - From French
• bodice of a woman's dress - archaism

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era)

noun:

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

noun / ~の noun:

• having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child

noun:

• nursing in the home by visiting nurses - From English "day service"

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) ➜ 任せる・任せる

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of something thick and soft being pierced by something sharp and hard - onomatopoeia
• containing sullen anger or discontent

noun:

• "multilayer" train; single train formed by joining one or more trains having a different origin or destination

noun:

• purifying salt ［塩花・鹽花］ - archaism
• pile of salt placed by the door of a shop or restaurant ［塩花・鹽花］
• whitecap

noun:

• beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

noun:

• school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

adverb:

• in order; in turn; one by one

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; day by day

noun:

• every day; each day

noun:

• magic flute; The Magic Flute (by Mozart)

noun:

• rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail

noun:

• rapid progress; minute-by-minute progress