adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

noun:

• traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) ➜ 清楽・明楽

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; as one likes
• by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the United States

noun:

• term used to refer to Japanese-American children (nisei) who were sent by their parents to Japan before WW2 to receive their schooling

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens) ［マーガレット］
• Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

noun:

• endpaper (of a book); end-paper
• facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)
• looking back; triumphing over (a rival) ➜ 見返す

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall completely silent; to become still as death

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected

noun:

• real machine (as opposed to model or simulation); real aeroplane

conjunction:

• now; at this time
• as such; for this reason; hence

noun:

• kanji "moon" radical at left (usually classified as radical 130) ➜ 肉月

noun:

• line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)

noun:

• real-life friend (as opposed to online friend) - slang ➜ リアル

noun:

• genuine kaya (as opposed to imitation kaya) ➜ 榧【かや】・新かや【しんかや】

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun / adverbial noun:

• a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
• enough; sufficient

suffix noun:

• enough; too many; too much - after a noun; usu. read as だくさん ➜ 沢山【だくさん】

noun:

• a kick; mounting a bar with a kick