noun:

• cantabile; in a smooth, singing manner - Music term - From Italian

noun:

• Shangdi; supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion
• God (in Christianity)
• Shakra; Indra; king of heaven in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term ➜ 帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】

noun:

• city pop; Japanese music genre popular in the 1980's

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

expression / adverb:

• before long; in a few days ➜ 日ならず

noun:

• jam-packed; packed in like sushi (like sardines)

noun / ~する noun:

• localization; existing only in a certain area

noun:

• kaiten; human torpedo in WW2

noun:

• woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age

noun / ~する noun:

• hum; singing in a low voice

ichidan verb:

• to count; to include in the number

noun:

• Hemitriakis; genus of houndshark in the family Triakidae

noun:

• plastic tunnel crop cultivation; growing crops in long barrel-roofed vinyl greenhouses

noun:

• post horse; horses used in the post-station system of old Japan - archaism

noun:

• stone-roasted bibimbap; Korean style rice (bibimbap) heated in a stone pot

noun:

• government agency providing public services; government agency involved in public enterprise ➜ 政策官庁

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)

noun:

• virgin; maiden pure in heart

noun:

• snail's pace tactics; walking slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings - four character idiom

noun:

• forever; in perpetuity

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with - oft. in the negative

noun:

• imminent danger; like a carp stuck in a puddle on the road [literal]

expression / adjective:

• being unable to leave the work at hand; being right in the middle of something - idiom

expression / adjective:

• having lost face; in a bind

noun:

• gliadin; protein found in grain gluten