noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

godan ~る verb:

• to be in constant attendance

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to smile with one's whole face - obscure term ➜ 目を細める
• to squint ➜ 目を細める

noun:

• in-line code - IT term

noun:

• basket for salt by the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• comparison and choosing the good; consultation; referring to

noun:

• increase in the level of academic achievement; popularisation of higher education

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term

noun:

• awareness of the minds of others (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers) - Buddhism term ➜ 六神通

noun / ~する noun:

• vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon)
• vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding

noun:

• visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support - four character idiom

noun:

• loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners - four character idiom

noun:

• hairstyle with buns on each side of the head

noun:

• value of the yen

noun:

• woman one dates only with the purpose of having sex - slang

expression:

• from the beginning

expression:

• in bound form

noun:

• the feel or performance of a pen

expression / ~よい adjective:

• comfortable to live in

noun:

• person with a bounty on their head

noun:

• observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market

noun:

• the fishing and agrarian populace

noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

noun / ~する noun:

• gnashing the teeth
• gear cutting