noun:

• small present; small token of appreciation; with compliments (e.g. written on small gift)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with

noun:

• Suika Shinto (fusion of Shinto with Chinese elements, esp. neo-Confucianism); Shidemasu Shinto

temporal noun:

• now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• fleshy; plump; chubby; corpulent

~する noun:

• to apply thickly; to slap on; to coat with something thick

noun:

• melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon ➜ パン・メロン

noun:

• keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore) [literal] - archaism - idiom

expression:

• year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to strip to one's waist
• to go at with might and main - idiom

noun:

• liquid egg; liquified eggs; liquefied eggs ➜ 液状卵
• cracked raw eggs (usu. with yolks still intact)

noun / ~する noun:

• scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously
• dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

noun / ~する noun:

• settlement (financial); squaring accounts; clearing debts
• liquidation
• ending (a relationship); breaking up (with); burying (the past); redeeming (one's faults)

noun:

• parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother)
• (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

noun:

• plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

noun:

• carriage beautifully decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian era nobles at festivals and like activities

noun:

• universal life force (the source of animation for all things)
• free spirit (i.e. a mindset unencumbered with worldly concerns)

noun:

• cordon bleu; dish of veal or ham with Swiss cheese - Food term
• high-class cooking
• prize-winning chef

noun / ~の noun:

• person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

expression:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting the beginning

noun:

• Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux) - Astronomy term ➜ 南十字星【みなみじゅうじせい】

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• toddling; with small, quick steps - onomatopoeia
• restlessly; in continuous motion - onomatopoeia
• quickly and easily - onomatopoeia
• often; frequently; now and then; occasionally - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Noraism; women breaking with family and seeking individual freedom (from heroine in Ibsen's "Doll's House")

noun:

• land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil

noun:

• palanquin set with jewels
• money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man ➜ 玉の輿に乗る【たまのこしにのる】

noun / ~する noun:

• no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone