noun:

• Japanese false cerith (Batillaria cumingii)

noun:

• Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

noun:

• sake; Japanese rice wine - colloquialism ➜ 日本酒【にほんしゅ】

noun:

• shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute ➜ 三味線

noun:

• southern Japanese mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) ➜ トビハゼ

noun:

• drug included in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia

noun:

• all-Japanese-are-middle-class mentality

noun:

• Japanese canopy plant (Paris japonica)

noun:

• Japanese holly fern (Crytomium fortunei)

noun:

• Japanese household legal structure (1898-1947)

adverb:

• in an instant; in a moment; immediately; right away; at once
• suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

noun:

• (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees
• (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

noun:

• man with a gentle nature
• man of delicate features; man of slender build
• effeminate man; feeble man

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence
• generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; origin
• ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state ➜ 個体発生

noun:

• combined liquor store and bar; combined off-license and pub (licence)
• drinking alcohol while standing in the shop

noun:

• Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

noun:

• discreet and well-advised judgment; wise and mature judgment; making judgment with prudence - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry) - four character idiom Antonym: 軽薄短小

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to separate and discard; to sieve and sort; to wash out (impurities, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
• chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
• cubed tofu (often served cold) - abbreviation ➜ 奴豆腐
• kite shaped like a footman - abbreviation ➜ 奴凧
• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants - abbreviation ➜ 奴頭
• enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - archaism - derogatory term

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)

noun:

• photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends - abbreviation - From English "print club"

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items