expression:

• state of slight intoxication; being a little drunk

noun:

• joint committee of both houses

expression / adjective:

• of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

noun:

• thin sheet of silver; silver foil; silverleaf
• censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony ➜ 香道【こうどう】
• Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam ➜ 裏白の木【うらじろのき】

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• front of a mawashi

noun:

• speck of cloud

noun:

• type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her; duolocal marriage

noun:

• Taika Reform of 645CE

noun:

• flames of jealousy

noun:

• coldest time of the year; bitter suffering

noun / ~の noun:

• beauty of slender female legs

noun:

• On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859); origin of species

adverb:

• to the best of my ability, poor though it be

noun:

• first purchase of the year

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make good use of one's spare moments
• to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

suffix:

• under ... years of age; less than ... years old

noun:

• society for the study of manga - abbreviation ➜ 漫画研究会
• manga club ➜ 漫画研究会

noun:

• sexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire) - slang

noun:

• degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)

noun:

• ratio of direct to indirect taxes

expression:

• capitalizing on the fame of a parent; riding a parent's coat-tails

noun:

• set of three

noun:

• surface of a cylinder; skin of a cylinder - obscure term ➜ 周面摩擦