~の noun / noun:

• one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan

noun:

• greater curvature of stomach; curvatura ventriculi major

noun:

• type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan
• type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period

noun:

• point of likeness (between); resemblance; similarity

noun:

• volume of water kept in store

noun:

• loss of material - Shōgi term

noun:

• four types of mandala (in Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 大曼荼羅【だいまんだら】・三昧耶曼荼羅【さんまやまんだら】・法曼荼羅【ほうまんだら】・羯磨曼荼羅【かつままんだら】

noun:

• child of a different mother

noun:

• Republic of Ghana

noun:

• business center of a city (centre)
• business center of a hotel (providing fax & copy services, etc.)

noun:

• Invasion of Normandy (June-July 1944); Normandy Invasion

noun:

• blades of grass

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ラ行変格活用

expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

noun:

• division of the night (from approx. 7 pm to 5 am) into five 2-hour periods - archaism
• the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

noun:

• the direction of Kyoto; Kansai area; citizens of Kyoto; nobles

noun:

• type of double weave that produces a tube-shaped cloth; hollow weaving; double weaving

noun:

• law of identity (logic)

noun:

• distinction of sex

noun:

• missing an opportunity; opportunity loss ➜ 機会損失

noun:

• Bank of China

adjectival noun / noun:

• perfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless - four character idiom

noun:

• name of a god
• name of a shrine

noun:

• larva of fish; larval fish

noun:

• winning hand composed of two sets of two identical chows plus a pair - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】