noun:

• collision; bumping into
• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ ぶつかり稽古

noun:

• transition from one epoch to another; change of era ➜ 画期的【かっきてき】

noun / ~する noun:

• roar of laughter (from several people)
• laughing hard (single person) - colloquialism

noun:

• chemical reaction
• generation of an unexpected result from combining things

noun:

• dwelling place of hermits; pure land away from the world

noun:

• elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)

noun:

• period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)

noun:

• isinglass; gelatin made from swim bladders of fish

noun:

• Pseudorinelepis genibarbis (species of armored catfish from the Amazon River)

noun:

• Rhinochimaera africana (species of cartilaginous fish from the Southeast Atlantic)

noun:

• doctorfish (Acanthurus chirurgus, species of tang from the Atlantic Ocean)

noun:

• var. of Japanese paper made from mulberry bark fibre ➜ 和紙【わし】

noun:

• full length of one's arm (from shoulder to fingertip)

noun:

• Japanized version of classical Chinese (used from Heian period onward)

noun:

• Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accidents - abbreviation

adverb / noun:

• the deepest bottom of the earth; never; not ... at all; on no account; for all the world; till doomsday

noun:

• ball; sphere; globe; orb
• bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
• ball (in sports) - esp. 球
• pile (of noodles, etc.)
• bullet - esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸
• bulb (i.e. a light bulb) - esp. 球
• lens (of glasses, etc.)
• bead (of an abacus) - esp. 玉,珠
• ball (i.e. a testicle) - esp. 玉 - slang - abbreviation ➜ 金玉【きんたま】
• gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl - esp. 玉,珠; also written as 璧
• female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
• person (when commenting on their nature); character - derogatory term
• item, funds or person used as part of a plot

noun / suffix noun:

• egg ➜ 玉子

suffix noun:

• coin - usu. だま
• precious; beautiful; excellent

noun:

• better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent - four character idiom

expression:

• rain that starts to fall as though trying to prevent a guest from leaving

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone

noun:

• horn shark (Heterodontus francisci, a bullhead shark from the Eastern Pacific)

noun:

• committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• use; adoption; acceptance
• appointment; employment; engagement; recruitment

noun:

• effect; result; worth; use; avail ➜ 甲斐【がい】

expression / ~の noun:

• in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged