noun:

• key performer; last performer of the day ➜ 取り【とり】

noun:

• twenty-seventh day of the month
• twenty-seven days

noun:

• twenty-ninth day of the month
• twenty-nine days

noun:

• Dominica; Commonwealth of Dominica
• the Lord's Day (in Christianity); Sunday - From Latin "dominica"

expression:

• that's out of the question; it's just not possible

noun:

• history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, written in 1743-1745
• Ryukyu islands - alt. name

ichidan verb:

• to strip (the head of a screw, bolt, etc.); to wear out - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• considering the pros and cons of; examining arguments for and against

~の noun:

• within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

~の noun / noun:

• off tempo; out of tune - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• being off the mark; wrong guess; miscalculation - archaism

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 両界曼荼羅【りょうかいまんだら】

expression / adjective:

• well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of) - usu. as ”～に造詣が深い

expression:

• let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot (fig. only); to start a conversation

noun:

• flying; leaping; flight; leap - abbreviation ➜ 飛ぶ
• naught; zero; oh - when reading a number aloud
• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) ➜ 飛魚
• running out of points (zero or fewer); game ending due to a player running out of points ［飛び］ - Mahjong term

expression:

• from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

expression:

• the style is the man; the style is the man himself - from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc - proverb

noun:

• language spoken by the Emishi ➜ 蝦夷【えぞ】
• languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch) ➜ 南蛮【なんばん】
• foreign language

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier - abbreviation ➜ 内閣総理大臣

noun / ~する noun:

• leading; overseeing; leader; overseer; president - orig. meaning

noun:

• green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
• meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis) ［あおやぎ］ ➜ バカ貝

noun:

• ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.) ➜ 忍術

noun:

• tempura served over a bowl of rice
• (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line - colloquialism

noun:

• handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation ➜ 墨付き
• certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

noun:

• 1000 ryou (an old Japanese coin)
• Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae) - usu. センリョウ

noun:

• small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands