noun:

• skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to strike a bell

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

noun:

• problem for a prize contest

noun:

• bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse

noun:

• main branch of a family
• truth; reality ➜ 本当

noun:

• warming one's crotch by standing over a hibachi

noun:

• alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box

interjection:

• son-of-a-bitch

expression / noun:

• security for a loan; collateral

noun:

• medical history interview before a medical examination; medical preexamination

noun:

• reassembling of a legislature

noun / ~する noun:

• updating a software version; version upgrade; upgrading - From English "version up"

godan ~く verb:

• to take a breath; to take a short rest ➜ 息をつく

noun:

• employer from whom one has received a unofficial offer of employment; prospective employer

noun:

• guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy

pre-noun adjectival:

• not a little; not a few; considerable ➜ 少なからず

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a road
• to give an elementary lesson

noun:

• a twist of fate

noun:

• period when a child is the most lovable - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn a somersault; to turn over (topsy-turvy); to turn head over heels

noun / ~する noun:

• invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
• medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

~と adverb / ~の noun:

• with a snap - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice

noun:

• bright red table grape, a cross between a Flame Tokay and a Neo Muscat