noun:

• guardian deity of one's birthplace

prefix:

• the large part of
• big; large; great

suffix:

• approximate size; no larger than
• -university - abbreviation ➜ 大学

noun:

• large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting)

noun / ~する noun:

• breakup of diplomatic relations; diplomatic break

noun:

• tears of love

noun:

• (Protestant) laying on of hands; ordination

noun:

• deposit of money

noun:

• basic allowance of child care leave benefits

noun:

• (US) Department of the Army

noun:

• equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors

noun:

• three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia
• sound of water splashing - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャン

expression / adjective:

• no hope of getting ahead - idiom ➜ うだつの上がらない

expression:

• postponed because of rain

noun:

• citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots

noun:

• place of death; place to die

noun:

• terms of reference

noun:

• roar of a cannon

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

noun:

• national confession of Japanese war guilt

noun:

• illegal copying of software, recorded music, etc. - From English "casual copy"

noun:

• Society of Jesus; Jesuits - early Japanese Christian term - archaism - From Portuguese "companhia" ➜ イエズス会

noun:

• pung (or kong) of east tiles when east is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• cap of a uniform

expression:

• two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls

noun:

• first cockcrowing of the year