noun:

• ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko) ➜ 独鈷

noun / prefix noun:

• Jakarta; Java - applied to Javan items imported by Dutch traders during the Edo period - From Dutch "Jacatra"

noun:

• potato (Solanum tuberosum) - abbreviation ➜ ジャガタラ芋
• striped fabric imported from Java (often cotton, sometimes mixed with silk) - abbreviation

noun:

• taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 取り箸

noun:

• exemption (from a regulation, etc. usu. because of small scale)
• cut-off cuffs (trousers, etc.)

noun:

• tonkatsu sauce; sauce made from ketchup, Worcester, soy, mirin, mustard, etc. ➜ 豚カツ

noun:

• warbler flying from a valley to a tree - orig. meaning ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• finding success in life ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• passing the palace examination ➜ 進士【しんし】

noun:

• ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% - abbreviation ➜ 吟醸酒

expression:

• like it or not; like or not like - usu. 〜...ない, etc. ➜ 好き嫌い【すききらい】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• (following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

noun:

• tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny
• Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
• dead lay; starfish; person who is inactive during sexual intercourse ［まぐろ・マグロ］ - slang - vulgar

expression:

• metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term

noun:

• humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy ➜ 謙譲語Ｉ

noun:

• restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

expression:

• enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it

expression:

• order's up; one order ready; coming up; your order is ready
• problem solved; one down; all done

noun:

• current era of excessive eating; era in which there is more than enough food; age of plenty; age of plentiful food - four character idiom

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

expression:

• unable to let pass unnoticed; unable to be indifferent; unable to just watch (without doing anything); can't bear to see; can't stand watching; can't just stand by ➜ 見かねる【みかねる】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang from; to dangle; to swing

noun:

• mail from abroad; foreign mail; overseas mail

noun:

• cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell - colloquialism - derogatory term