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)

noun:

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

noun:

• ogeima (in go); large knight's move ➜ 桂馬【けいま】

noun:

• Yoshin-ryu; martial art tradition founded in the Edo period

noun:

• first-class honors (e.g. in UK-style degrees) (honours)

noun:

• drawing every character in a similar way; same face syndrome - manga slang

expression / adjective:

• unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】

expression / noun:

• complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

adverb:

• on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

noun:

• generation comprising those who were children during WW2 (in Japan)

adverb:

• immediately; at once; right away
• directly; in person; first hand

noun:

• shots taken with camera in the same position - from 同一ポジション - abbreviation

noun:

• Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan ➜ 注音符号

adverb / ~と adverb:

• bloated (esp. stomach); bulging; sticking out - onomatopoeia
• gaping wide; caving in - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽっかり

noun:

• advertising insert (e.g. in a newspaper); inserted flyer

noun:

• partial bath; submerging only part of the body in water