noun:

• special position in Government service

noun:

• standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step
• being unsettled; being restless; being ready to flee
• high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation - Finance term

noun:

• alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box

noun:

• dish consisting of bony fish parts boiled in soy sauce

noun:

• swallowing in one gulp; downing; mouthful; bite
• sipping; sip
• thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put in order; to organize; to systematize

noun:

• loading in the middle

noun:

• preserving in alcohol
• pickling one's liver; drinking incessantly; being a souse

noun:

• the Italian renaissance

noun:

• small company headquarters located in Tokyo simply for name value

noun:

• the Japan Record Award ➜ レコード大賞

noun:

• small high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes ➜ 太鼓

noun:

• dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)

noun:

• calories in ingredients of processed food - From English "original calorie"

expression:

• the phenomenon that perfect reasoning fails if an idiot cannot understand it

noun:

• strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

noun:

• direct method

noun:

• the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels)
• the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC and digital camera)

expression:

• How are things with you?; How are you doing?

noun:

• path to the netherworld (underworld); Hades; Hell ➜ 黄泉

noun:

• period when a child is the most lovable - archaism

noun:

• sacred items buried in the ring during its ritual purification - Sumo term

expression:

• the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
• medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

expression / noun:

• drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; sparrow tears [literal] - idiom