noun:

• attributive form (of a Japanese verb or adjective)) - Linguistics term

noun / ~の noun:

• (animal or plant) scale

noun:

• audio book (book read onto CD or tape)

noun:

• person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to read through (difficult passage or particularly long book)

noun:

• tentaculate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell) ➜ 触手冠動物

noun:

• last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) - Buddhism term ➜ 三十三回忌

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc. - onomatopoeia

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)

noun:

• tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps ➜ ピンセット

noun:

• green flash (optical phenomenon occurring shortly after sunset or before sunrise)

noun:

• you (referring to one's spouse or partner); dear - archaism - polite language

auxiliary verb:

• used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader) - polite language ➜ ます

noun / ~する noun:

• adaptation (e.g. of a poem or novel); rewriting; recasting; modification; rehashing - four character idiom

noun:

• band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai

noun:

• (approx.) 12 o'clock (am or pm); noon; midnight - archaism

noun:

• printed figures (on cloth or pottery)

noun:

• artificial food (fabricated to resemble rare or expensive foods)

noun:

• (fish or vegetables) pickled in sake lees

noun:

• treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest) - archaism

noun:

• burr (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes) ➜ くっつき虫

noun:

• bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)

noun:

• modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso); modern koto music ➜ 楽箏

adjectival noun:

• concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)