noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】

expression / noun:

• complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

adverb:

• on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

noun:

• generation comprising those who were children during WW2 (in Japan)

adverb:

• immediately; at once; right away
• directly; in person; first hand

noun:

• shots taken with camera in the same position - from 同一ポジション - abbreviation

noun:

• Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan ➜ 注音符号

adverb / ~と adverb:

• bloated (esp. stomach); bulging; sticking out - onomatopoeia
• gaping wide; caving in - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽっかり

noun:

• partial bath; submerging only part of the body in water

noun:

• navigability; accessibility; ease of getting around ➜ 回遊【かいゆう】
• schooling behavior (in fish) ➜ 回遊【かいゆう】

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

noun:

• terrible twos (developmental stage in toddlers)

noun:

• rain symbol (e.g. in a weather forecast)

noun:

• short dance (in ice dancing); SD - Sports term

noun:

• original dance (in ice dancing); OD - Sports term

noun:

• free dance (in ice dancing); FD - Sports term

noun:

• hill size (in ski jumping); HS - Sports term

noun:

• small hill (in ski jumping); SH - Sports term

noun:

• medium hill (in ski jumping); MH - Sports term

noun:

• mass start (esp. in speed skating) - Sports term

noun:

• marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae) (esp. caught in Beppu bay) ➜ 真子鰈【まこがれい】

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky - abbreviation ➜ 天一神・陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky ➜ 陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

adjective:

• wanted; wished for; in need of; desired ➜ 欲しがる

auxiliary adjective:

• I want (you) to - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone