adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

noun:

• large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish
• useless man about the house; husband that is retired and considered a nuisance - colloquialism - derogatory term

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal

noun:

• arrow view; view on arrow; fragmentary view taken in the direction of an arrow

noun:

• the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami & Kamimusuhi no Kami)

noun / ~する noun:

• tye-dye; tye-dyeing
• aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; stop
• contraction; squeezing; choke

noun:

• dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.)
• letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board

noun:

• family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

noun:

• protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps)

counter:

• counter for book covers

noun:

• whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus, species of damselfish from the Indo- West Pacific); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish

noun:

• Land Price LOOK Report; quarterly trend report of the prices of intensively used land in major cities

expression / adjective:

• having no knowledge (of); knowing nothing about; coming from out of the blue; having no connection with oneself ➜ 身に覚えのある【みにおぼえのある】

particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

noun:

• one's heart of hearts; the depths of one's mind

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

noun:

• Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary - From Latin "Maria" ➜ 聖母マリア
• Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene

noun:

• "Do-nothing" farming; nature farming; natural farming; Fukuoka farming; the Fukuoka method

noun:

• last day of February; last day of the second lunar month

noun:

• head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck

noun:

• indirect principal offender; indirect perpetrator; principal offender in the second degree - Law term ➜ 直接正犯

noun:

• direct principal offender; direct perpetrator; principal offender in the first degree - Law term ➜ 間接正犯

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ すら

noun / ~する noun:

• inscription; epitaph; composing the text for an inscription, usu. an epitaph