noun / ~の noun:

• familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family

noun:

• rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety - four character idiom

noun:

• having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers - four character idiom

noun:

• strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building) - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations) ➜ 音読み

noun:

• expression indicating a high number of deaths from traffic accidents - colloquialism

adverb:

• suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically - onomatopoeia

noun:

• elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period - archaism ➜ 年寄り

noun:

• reinforcing "bolt" stitch across the bottom of a seam

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

noun:

• inspection of personal belongings (e.g. before entering a venue)

noun:

• ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

adverb:

• slap (sound of a flat object continuously striking something)
• splash

noun:

• string tied across the open chest of a haori

noun:

• stinger (of a bee, etc.)
• needle covered with poison - only どくばり

noun:

• parison (first small bubble at the end of a blowpipe)

expression:

• dexterous feat; speed and precision of a trained hand

noun:

• coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

adverb:

• with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• championship; defense (e.g. of a position in debate); apologetics

noun:

• area where a string of nuclear power plants are located - four character idiom

noun:

• eye of a needle
• hole ［針孔］ - dialectal ➜ 穴【あな】

noun:

• two runs of a television series - From English "two cours" ➜ クール

noun:

• string of a crown (to prevent it from falling off)

noun:

• reader numbers; number of subscribers (e.g. to a magazine)