noun:

• township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE) ➜ 国郡里制

noun:

• seal; stamp - archaism
• depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand
• (in archery) left hand ➜ 引き手【ひきで】
• obstinacy; stubbornness

noun:

• inconsistently, horribly drawn animated film or cartoon; animated cartoon episode of lower picture quality than other episodes in the same series - slang

noun:

• normal style of writing; modern Japanese text
• text written in literary style with mixed kanji and kana (until the Taisho era)

noun:

• pung (or kong) of east tiles when east is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pung (or kong) of north tiles when north is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• opening credits; title sequence - freq. read オープニング - abbreviation
• theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 主題歌

expression:

• one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of) ［代弁・代辯］
• payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of) ［代弁・代辨］
• acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf) ［代弁・代辨］

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom ➜ 天に唾する【てんにつばする】

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stretch larger
• to enlarge (photos)
• to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once)
• single clap after a cheer

noun:

• opening; start; launch
• opening credits; title sequence - abbreviation ➜ ＯＰ【オーピー】
• theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ ＯＰ【オーピー】

noun:

• gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)
• family celebration; private celebration

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
• to symbolise

noun:

• Scopes Trial (landmark US trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools, 1925); Scopes Monkey Trial

noun:

• the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

noun:

• the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji) ➜ 南都七大寺

noun:

• number of words a person speaks ➜ 口数が多い
• number of dependents; number of mouths to feed
• number of shares, items, applications, etc.

noun:

• outline; main point; gist

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• general; substantially; approximately; about
• in the first place; to begin with; from the start

noun:

• the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate [literal]
• weak point; Achilles' heel

noun:

• Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term