noun:

• tufted toothpick; Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft

noun:

• downshift; changing from upper to lower case letters
• downshifting; living a simpler life
• downshifting (on a vehicle) - rare term ➜ シフトダウン

noun:

• (a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing a figure; drawing a diagram
• construction - Mathematics term

~の noun:

• with a fixed time; with a deadline

pre-noun adjectival:

• not a little; not a few; considerable ➜ 少なからず

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to challenge (a person) to a fight

adverb:

• with a start; with a jump - onomatopoeia

expression:

• a good beginning makes a good ending - proverb

adverb:

• just a minute; short time; just a little - equiv. of ちょっと - Kansai dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• creating a statue (esp. a Buddhist statue) - obscure term

noun:

• tip of a stem (of a plant)

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a vroom; with a sudden shaking - onomatopoeia

noun:

• attending a meeting; participating in a meeting

noun / ~する noun:

• repeating a course; taking a course again - abbreviation - slang ➜ 再履修

noun / ~する noun:

• repeating a course; taking a course again

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a village; moving to a village

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to a castle; visiting a castle

noun / ~する noun:

• reefing a sail; bringing in a sail

noun:

• middle of a word
• within a word

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

noun:

• stretching out a string; stretching out like a string
• silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner ➜ 糸取り
• pulling someone's strings
• appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
• menstruation - euphemism

pronoun:

• which (of three or more) ➜ 此れ・其れ・彼【あれ】
• whichever; any - with a verb in 〜ても form ➜ どれも

interjection:

• well; now; let me see ➜ どれどれ

noun:

• senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer ➜ 後輩【こうはい】