expression / noun:

• very small difference (esp. in time); tiny interval

noun:

• egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade - Food term

noun:

• brazier for warming one's cold fingers, esp. in spring

noun:

• letting horses out the barn to graze (in spring)

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary boiling (of hard-to-cook ingredients); cooking in advance

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving water in the bathtub (to use later for laundry)

noun:

• gnomonic projection (in mapping)

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun:

• rank and social status (e.g. in the imperial family)

noun:

• fiscal and monetary policies of Takahashi Korekiyo in the 1930s

expression / noun:

• turban cooked whole in its own shell ➜ 栄螺

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• sidemen; supporting musicians (in a jazz band, rock group, etc.)

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ コスプレ

noun:

• soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin - abbreviation ➜ 味付け玉子【あじつけたまご】

noun:

• kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit

expression / noun:

• (train) terminating at this station; not in service

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• requiring special help (usu. seniors, infants, etc. in disaster scenarios)

conjunction:

• anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway ➜ 何れにしても【いずれにしても】・何れにせよ【いずれにせよ】

noun:

• pulsator; pulsometer; impeller (e.g. in top-loading washing machine)

noun / ~する noun:

• living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside

noun:

• retirement house

noun:

• the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)

noun:

• the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching) ➜ 四診

noun:

• service game (e.g. in tennis) - Sports term

noun:

• Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)