noun:

• the intensity or illuminating power of light

noun:

• repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm ➜ 重言

noun:

• infield hit - Baseball term

adjectival noun / noun:

• lacking fixed principles or opinions

noun:

• person without a registered or fixed address

noun / ~する noun:

• suicide caused by bullying or harassment; bullying-related suicide

noun:

• (your) kindness or favour (favor)

expression:

• to do or not to do

adjectival noun:

• beyond one's means or position - four character idiom ➜ 身分不相応

noun:

• stone monument or pagoda

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• rapid-fire gun or cannon
• talking rapidly; barrage of words or questions - colloquialism

godan ~る verb:

• to work without sleep or rest - after Yukio Edano, Chief Cabinet Secretary during the 2011 earthquake - slang

noun:

• small type or handwriting

noun:

• sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period) - archaism - Linguistics term

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stop raining or snowing

noun:

• young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor

~と adverb:

• with a crunching or grinding sound - onomatopoeia
• quickly; promptly; abruptly; simply; efficiently
• crispily; crunchily ➜ さくさく

noun:

• fatherless or illegitimate child

noun:

• one's elders or superiors

noun:

• facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent - Sumo term

noun:

• shadow of a leaf or tree

expression:

• for better or worse; for good or for evil

noun:

• signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; noble cause

noun:

• failing to ripen or blossom