adverb / ~と adverb:

• snappingly; with a snap - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽきっと

suffix:

• merely ...; having just ... ➜ こっきり

expression:

• even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears; a tear in the ogre's eye [literal] - proverb

expression / adjective:

• tight-lipped; able to keep a secret Antonym: 口が軽い ➜ 口の堅い

noun:

• understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation

noun:

• near the pond; edge of a pond

noun / ~する noun:

• talking to oneself; conducting a monologue

noun:

• red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• loop; shape of a hiragana "no"

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be transparent; to leave a gap

noun / ~する noun:

• forgetting the words; inability to pronounce a word correctly

adjective:

• sparsely eating; having a small appetite ➜ 食が細い

noun:

• natural or man-made feature or object on the earth's surface (trees, hill, river, road, building, etc.); object or structure important in a battle, esp. for concealment

noun:

• (criminal) conspiracy; conspiracy to commit a crime - Law term ➜ 共謀【きょうぼう】

noun:

• folding book; folded sections of a book

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures ➜ 覗き機関【のぞきからくり】
• water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater ➜ 箱眼鏡【はこめがね】

noun:

• storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes - abbreviation ➜ コンティニュイティ

noun:

• continental island; island formed by separation from a continent

noun:

• loser; owner of a lost article

expression:

• you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught [literal] - proverb

noun:

• theism; belief in existence of a god or gods

expression / ichidan verb:

• to approach the finale; to come to a close

ichidan verb:

• to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition

expression:

• forced to use; forced into a position

noun:

• (a) penny store; business on a small scale

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term