noun:

• the cabinet minister in charge

noun:

• sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal); angel hair; fios de ovos ➜ 南蛮菓子【なんばんがし】

noun:

• rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 名主【みょうしゅ】

noun:

• sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru - Linguistics term ➜ ギャル

noun:

• instruction in martial arts - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave a house in bad shape

expression:

• in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way

noun:

• child in elementary or middle school
• go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor ➜ 仲人【ちゅうにん】
• person of middling talent, strength, etc. ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism
• middle-class person; bourgeois person ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism

adverbial noun:

• in the future; from now on; henceforth; hereafter - archaism

noun:

• cloth dyed in a dappled pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子絞り
• pattern of white spots; dapples - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子斑
• mochi containing red bean paste - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子餅
• fawn - original meaning - archaism ➜ 鹿【か】

noun:

• (openable) panel in a door

noun:

• palace kitchen in which final preparations to the imperial family's meals (e.g. reheating) were made (Heian period)
• kitchen (in a noble's manor)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in high spirits

noun:

• proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list

noun / adjectival noun:

• (doing something) in tears

noun:

• humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy ➜ 謙譲語Ｉ

noun / ~する noun:

• collection in one volume

noun:

• shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell) - abbreviation ➜ 栄螺の壺焼き
• food cooked in a crockpot

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in a hole; to plug up a hole; to fill in for a vacancy

expression:

• in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency

noun:

• someone who battles on in difficult circumstances

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable

noun:

• trade wind

expression:

• not in the work force

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ