noun:

• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

conjunction:

• even if
• (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever
• should - imperative form of である

noun / ~する noun:

• concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects

noun:

• squatter; person who occupies a building or land without title or permission

noun:

• soup with rice bran pickled or salted vegetables (e.g. carrots, daikon or potatoes) and fish (e.g. salmon, gadid or Arabesque greenling) boiled in a salty broth (sake lees is sometimes added) (Hokkaido local specialty dish) ➜ 糠漬け【ぬかづけ】

noun:

• adopter; adopting parent or parents; adoptive parent or parents; foster parent or parents

adverb:

• somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

~する noun / ~と adverb / adverb:

• bulge in a pocket or clothing - onomatopoeia
• "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets

noun:

• chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.

noun:

• hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept ➜ 仏間

noun:

• local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands

noun:

• roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

noun:

• subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust - obscure term
• (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

noun / suffix noun:

• sound; noise; report
• note - Music term
• fame ［おと］
• Chinese-derived character reading ［おん］ ➜ 訓【くん】

noun:

• sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)

interjection:

• boo! (sound used to scare someone) ➜ わあ
• ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation)
• ulp (consternation)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• chatter; prattle - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lapping (up); slurping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of juicy food being bitten into - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• suddenly; sharply (e.g.glancing, making a sound); fiercely; completely - はったと is stronger

noun:

• rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• the resoudning sound of bells, musical instruments, stones being struck, etc. - archaism

noun:

• rale; rales; crackles; abnormal rattling sound in the lungs - From German "Rasselgeräusch"

noun:

• rolling pin ➜ 麺棒
• extension bar
• katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark - colloquialism ➜ 長音符

noun / ~する noun:

• promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date - honorific language - humble language ➜ 約束

noun / ~の noun:

• something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

expression / adjective:

• (having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school)
• of poor quality or workmanship

conjunction:

• or; or else