noun / ~の noun:

• space between the teeth; interdental space

noun:

• area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本

noun:

• the flower (prime) of youth; the spring of life

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover - abbreviation ➜ ジャケット買い【ジャケットがい】

noun:

• the three types of gagaku drums - obscure term
• third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am) - archaism

noun:

• the throne; the crown

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb

noun:

• the last train or bus (of a day)

noun:

• the power of Buddha

noun:

• babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day
• normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)

noun:

• third in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; third note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• rank of the emperor; the imperial throne ➜ 皇位

noun:

• goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• money on hand; ready money; spending money; pocket money

adverb:

• all the more

noun:

• kinsman of the third degree (of consanguinity)

noun:

• special tile that doubles the score of any hand - Mahjong term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to squirt water on
• to hinder; to hamper; to stifle; to throw cold water on ➜ 水をさす

noun:

• the Building Standards Act

noun:

• itinerant monk being on pilgrimages to many lands - four character idiom

noun:

• the deceased

noun:

• persons of the same age

noun:

• room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow) ➜ 襖【ふすま】・障子

noun:

• air traffic control; ATC - abbreviation ➜ 航空交通管制

noun:

• groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade