noun:

• comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun - halfway between 二枚目 and 三枚目 - four character idiom

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

noun:

• in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper - four character idiom

expression:

• in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way

noun:

• Rikkokushi; the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods

counter:

• counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) - honorific language

noun:

• first name

prefix:

• famous; great ➜ 名探偵

suffix:

• name ➜ コード名・学校名

noun:

• noun - part of speech tag used in dictionaries - abbreviation ➜ 名詞

noun:

• one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique often used by spammers)

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

noun:

• the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun:

• great pairing (e.g. of food and wine) - Food term - From French "mariage"
• marriage; wedded life; wedding; wedding ceremony

noun:

• growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)

noun:

• ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the Introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

noun:

• Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)

noun:

• (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
• the centre or seat (of) (center)
• (government) office

expression:

• with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; with the force of surging waves [literal]

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

noun:

• road-rail vehicle (vehicle which can travel both on railroad tracks and normal roads)

noun:

• shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras