noun:

• beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
• person reborn into the animal realm - Buddhism term ➜ 畜生道
• brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)

interjection:

• damn it; damn; Christ; for Christ's sake - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Northern and Southern Dynasties (in Japan: 1336-1392 CE, in China: 420-581 CE)

noun:

• live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

noun:

• populism (politics) - usu. ポピュリズム ➜ 人民主義
• populism; literary movement in France that emerged in the 1930s ［ポピュリスム］ - From French "populisme"

noun:

• Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)

noun:

• win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time

noun:

• charcoal made from thin branches
• charcoal sold in bulk (instead of in straw bags) ➜ 散【ばら】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

expression:

• Man's life vanishes like a dew; A person's life is as fleeting as a morning dew - four character idiom

noun:

• straight-from-the-pot udon; udon noodles pulled straight from the pot and served in the hot water used for boiling (traditionally without being soaked in cold water), eaten by dipping in sauce - Food term ➜ うどん

noun / suffix noun:

• column of text (e.g. in a newspaper)
• field (in a form, web page, etc.)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• assistance; support; aid; help
• subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid
• auxiliary; subsidiary
• spot (in bodybuilding)

noun:

• mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house
• snow hut

noun:

• first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

noun:

• Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century ➜ 南蛮寺

conjunction:

• if so; in that case; in that situation

noun:

• in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence

noun / ~する noun:

• prowling about; traveling in secret; travelling in secret

noun:

• preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar

expression:

• in steps of; in units of; calculated by

noun:

• the first in history; only once in history - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• in good (perfect) order; in apple-pie order - four character idiom