noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

noun:

• aiming for a lucky break (e.g. in horse racing, betting on an unlikely horse)

noun / ~する noun:

• having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor) - humble language

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to cook (e.g. rice)

noun:

• brute force attack (e.g. code-breaking, password cracking) - IT term ➜ ブルートフォース攻撃【ブルートフォースこうげき】

noun:

• business zone (e.g. for taxis, buses, etc.); business domain; sales route

noun:

• manipulation techniques (e.g. puppets); handling techniques ➜ 文楽

noun:

• going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length

~と adverb / adverb:

• banging around (e.g. in a fight) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• germ (of a cereal, e.g. wheat, rice); embryo bud - Botany term

noun:

• arm cover (e.g. chair)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil something until it is done (e.g. vegetables) ➜ 茹で上がる【ゆであがる】

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

~の noun:

• one-pass (e.g. compiler) - IT term

noun:

• trace (e.g. from skis) - From German "Spur"

noun:

• distribution revenue (e.g. films); distribution income

noun:

• dehiscent fruit (fruit that opens when ripe, i.e. pea pod)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pluck (e.g. a fruit, a leaf); to pick; to tear off (e.g. a ticket stub, a branch from a tree)

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.) ➜ に連れて

noun:

• Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

noun:

• comment field (e.g. on a blog) - IT term

noun:

• store holding a special commendation (e.g. from the mayor)

noun:

• Tenpyō-kanpō era (749.4.14-749.7.2); Tenbyō-kanpō era

noun:

• free reed (category of instrument, e.g. reed organ, harmonica) - Music term

expression:

• cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)