noun:

• sloping; slope ［傾れ］
• rundown of glaze on a piece of china

noun:

• sandwich filled with a fried cake of layered slices of ham - Food term ➜ ハムカツ

noun:

• Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)

noun:

• putamen (part of brain) - Anatomy term
• frustule; silicified cell wall of a diatom - Biology term

noun:

• recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

noun / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

noun / suffix noun:

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

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief - four character idiom

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief

noun:

• a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful - four character idiom

noun:

• a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

expression:

• super-low (description of a small truck with a low tray)

noun:

• logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning ➜ 形式段落

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]

expression / ichidan verb:

• to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun:

• the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)

noun:

• purple yam; water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam ➜ 大薯
• purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such) ➜ 紫芋
• Conus pauperculus (species of cone shell) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 芋貝

noun:

• course of a river; land along a river

noun:

• entrance to a bay; mouth of a bay

noun:

• becoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice) ➜ 半玉・舞子

noun / ~する noun:

• consecration (of a person or thing, in Catholicism); sanctification; prayer of sanctification; ritual of consecration

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

noun:

• (entering into) nirvana

suffix noun:

• used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent; tranquil - usu. せき