noun:

• original character (i.e. not a character from some other existing work) - abbreviation ➜ オリジナルキャラクター

noun:

• type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)

noun:

• old sword fighting; sword drawing style or school from Shizuoka prefecture

noun:

• boa catshark (Scyliorhinus boa, species from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico)

adjectival noun:

• clear (miracle, sign from the Gods) manifest - archaism
• plain as day; obvious; clear - archaism

noun:

• divining the year's crop yields from the shape of lingering snow

noun:

• stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up

noun:

• wild fox
• fox spirit from the Kyushu region capable of possession ［やこ］ - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.

noun:

• essence; true nature; substance; reality - archaism

adverb:

• originally; naturally; by nature; from the start - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

noun:

• seafood soup; soup made from fish, seaweed, etc. according to local availability

noun:

• local cuisine; local delicacy; popular food from a particular area ➜ ご当地【ごとうち】・グルメ

noun:

• chuno sauce; semi-sweet sauce made from fruit and vegetables

noun:

• articles of the deceased; article left by the deceased; things that belonged to the deceased

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to stop (doing something); to cease; to put aside
• to leave as is; to leave alone
• to exclude; to except ➜ を措いて【をおいて】

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

noun:

• belief that where there's a will, there's a way

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue; to last; to go on
• to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
• to occur again and again
• to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
• to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
• to hold out; to keep; to last

noun:

• mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person; point overlooked by a cautious person - four character idiom

noun:

• mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom

noun:

• beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
• person reborn into the animal realm - Buddhism term ➜ 畜生道
• brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)

interjection:

• damn it; damn; Christ; for Christ's sake - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb