adverb:

• any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever

noun:

• drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation

noun:

• running-in; breaking in (e.g. engine, etc.); accustomizing; warming up

noun:

• Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924) ➜ パーフェクトリバティー教団

noun:

• the Nika riots which took place in 532 in Constantinople

noun:

• earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Jomon-period Japan) - archaism ➜ 耳当

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion - archaism ➜ 御殿女中・奥女中

noun:

• work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields) - Buddhism term

expression / ~する noun:

• leaping over multiple steps in stairs (e.g. when in a hurry) - as ２段飛ばし, ３段飛ばし, etc.

noun:

• chakra; centers of spiritual power in the human body, in Indian thought - From Sanskrit

expression:

• just as it is reassuring to have a companion when traveling, it is important for us to care for each other as we pass through this life

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement

noun:

• tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)

noun:

• small hawk or falcon (used for hunting) - abbreviation ➜ 大鷹
• falconry (using small hawks or falcons) ➜ 小鷹狩

noun:

• sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

noun:

• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

noun:

• shop used for testing sales of new products; showroom - From English "antenna shop" ➜ パイロットショップ
• shop selling local specialities to Tokyo

noun:

• skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

noun:

• Mobile Suica; train ticketing system (mobile phone fitted with special chip used as swipe card) - also モバイルSuica ➜ スイカ

noun:

• Jaws of Life (apparatus used to pry apart the wreckage of crashed vehicles) - trademark

noun:

• fancy kimono used for cherry blossom viewing; fancy kimono ➜ 花見

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put on; to wear
• to be used to wearing

noun:

• festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions ➜ 祝い箸【いわいばし】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged
• to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

noun:

• advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude - four character idiom