noun:

• new normal (state of new economic or financial conditions)

conjunction:

• used when referring to oneself in a letter to one's superior - humble language ➜ 下る
• after a time; later; down to (e.g. from the Restoration down to present day)
• used when listing items or people by decreasing worth, rank, etc.

noun:

• mark; sign - esp. 印, 標
• symbol; emblem - also written as 徴
• badge; crest; flag - esp. 印, 標
• evidence; proof - esp. 証, 証し
• token (of gratitude, affection, etc.) - esp. 証, 証し - usually written using kana alone

adverb:

• very; extremely; exceedingly; greatly; terribly

adjectival noun:

• extreme; excessive; great many; large number of
• splended; impressive; tremendous; immense
• exaggerated

noun:

• tide; current
• sea water
• opportunity; chance ［しお］
• thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater ［うしお］ - abbreviation ➜ 潮汁【うしおじる】

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing into; inserting; depositing
• investment; putting in (personnel, etc.)
• release of a product
• making (an electrical circuit)

noun:

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

noun:

• deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands

~の noun:

• unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable; deferred; stationary

noun:

• reserve; spare; backup
• note; memorandum

noun / suffix noun:

• duplicate; copy; stub (of a ticket, etc.)

noun:

• waiting one's turn

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached
• plain; light; simple; bland
• flowing gently

noun / ~する noun:

• capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest; attack; assault
• defeating (an opponent)
• attacking (a problem) strategically

noun:

• Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) ➜ 浄瑠璃・文楽

noun:

• obsession; fixation; hangup; determination; fastidiousness; pickiness about (trait, style, etc.)
• complaining; criticizing
• speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

adverb:

• sound of heavy breathing - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• blowing on something (e.g. to cool it down)

noun:

• cheap, easily put together cupboard, bookcase, shelves, chest, etc. made of colored plywood - From English "color box"

noun:

• Romancecar; Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo

noun:

• train of dress; trailing skirt ➜ お引き摺り
• woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion ➜ お引き摺り

noun:

• popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language
• adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing

noun / ~する noun:

• transliteration ➜ 音写
• phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters
• reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term

noun:

• carpenter's square (for checking angles)
• common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sticky; syrupy; pulpy - onomatopoeia ➜ とろみ・とろっと

adverb / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); simmering - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dozing off; napping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sluggishly; dawdling - onomatopoeia

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

noun:

• Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
• black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) - archaism ➜ 百合鴎
• Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod) ➜ 都鳥貝

noun:

• carton (e.g. of cigarettes)
• tray (in which money is placed when paying); dish
• pasteboard ［カルトン］ - From French "carton"