pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ そんな

noun:

• using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

noun / ~する noun:

• making necessary arrangements; laying the groundwork
• digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter

adverb:

• in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all

noun:

• big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage ➜ 晴れの舞台

noun:

• bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind

noun:

• renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; risking one's life for others - Buddhism term

noun:

• dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward) ➜ 夜明け

noun / ~する noun:

• ground levelling (leveling)
• laying the groundwork; making preparations; smoothing the way

noun:

• roller; road leveller

noun:

• widow's peak; hairline that grows to a point in the middle of the forehead

noun:

• ti; si; 7th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom

noun:

• harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony - four character idiom

noun:

• in company; among people ［じんちゅう］ ➜ 人中【ひとなか】
• philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip - Anatomy term

noun:

• state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン

noun:

• distinctive body odor (odour) of the middle-aged and elderly (caused by the chemical nonenal) ➜ ノネナール

noun:

• fur coat (to protect against the cold)
• clothes made with the down of birds

noun:

• kanji "leg" or "foot" radical at left
• being (too) late; the past; the previous ［あとへん］

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th) ➜ 祇園祭

expression:

• (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force - idiom

noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

noun:

• holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism

noun:

• area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life