noun / ~する noun:

• shading; color; colour
• kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

noun:

• large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus) - four character idiom ➜ 撫子
• woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

noun:

• Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli)
• any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)

noun / ~の noun:

• piece of junk (esp. dismantled or broken down car); worn-out article

noun:

• hitting (with fist); striking

expression / noun:

• shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

noun:

• undeveloped woodland near populated area
• settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes

expression:

• Out of Asia and Into Europe (slogan calling for Japan to align itself with the West) - four character idiom

noun:

• polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction - four character idiom

noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Food term ➜ 糠味噌漬け
• hot-dip galvanizing - colloquialism - Engineering term

noun:

• Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki ➜ 鮑結び
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

noun:

• smoke screen; dazzler; distraction
• camouflage; deceptive means
• magic; witchcraft; sleight of hand
• shell game

interjection:

• exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

noun:

• Chypre fragrance (family of scents including sage, lavender, and oak moss, used in perfumes)

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions - abbreviation ➜ カメラ小僧

noun:

• (in China) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp) ➜ 十二律・鳧鐘
• fifth lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・双調
• fourth lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・平調
• first lunar month

noun:

• second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China) ➜ 十二律・断吟
• twelfth lunar month

noun:

• Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices) ➜ 太政官

noun:

• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

noun:

• Six Kingdoms (of China's Warring States period: Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Wei & Zhao) ➜ 戦国時代

noun:

• clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

noun:

• Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini

noun:

• BRIC, BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China), referring especially to the fast-growing economies of these countries