noun:

• flake; lamella (of bone); foil (of metal); flat, thin slice of a material

noun:

• master; head of household; man of the house; principal supporter of a temple

expression:

• regardless of; irrespective of; without distinction of; no matter (how, what, when, etc.) ➜ 問う

suffix:

• (some type of) enthusiast
• somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

noun:

• huge amount of material (worth reading); richness of content (of a book)

noun:

• hundredth of a yen
• coin made of non-precious materials ➜ 銭【ぜに】
• one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency) - obsolete term ➜ 貫
• one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass) - archaism

suffix:

• -smell; stinking of ➜ カビ臭
• smacking of; hinting of

noun:

• Acanthurus (type genus of surgeonfishes and tangs in the family Acanthuridae which have a pair of sharp spines on either side of the base of the tail)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting) ➜ 六知事

noun:

• disparity between values of votes in different constituencies; measure of malapportionment of electorates

noun:

• member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

noun:

• piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

noun:

• sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life

noun:

• number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation

particle:

• indicates direct object of action
• indicates subject of causative expression
• indicates an area traversed
• indicates time (period) over which action takes place
• indicates point of departure or separation of action
• indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc. ➜ が・が・が

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
• to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
• to persist in doing; to go through with
• to always do; to have made a habit of - as 決めている
• to take for granted; to assume
• to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
• to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
• to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

noun:

• manners; etiquette; propriety ［さほう］
• manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

noun:

• point of spear; spearhead ➜ 鋒先【ほさき】
• brunt; aim of attack; force of argument

noun:

• shoe; ferrule (of an umbrella); butt end (of a lance); hard tip (of mushroom)

noun:

• any of a number of secret societies of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun / ~する noun:

• explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

noun:

• pension; guesthouse; bed and breakfast; private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers)

noun:

• threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill - Architecture term ➜ 鴨居