noun / ~する noun:

• transfer to the records; transcription to a special document

noun / ~する noun:

• working in the fields; working on a farm

~と adverb / adverb:

• rustling sound - onomatopoeia

noun:

• search (esp. a home search by the police) - obscure term - slang ➜ がさる

expression / adjective:

• cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented ➜ 草食男子【そうしょくだんし】

noun:

• stone paving; cobble paving; sett; flagstone
• stone steps ➜ 石段
• check (pattern) ➜ 市松
• pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake) ［石畳・石だたみ・石畳み］ - Food term

noun:

• spices; condiments; seasoning
• adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant - Medicine term
• meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g to make gomoku meshi) - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目飯

noun:

• great and splendid land (of Yamato)
• spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home
• excellent location; splendid place

noun:

• omen; sign of luck
• origin; history; causation
• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - orig. meaning - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 因縁生起

noun:

• inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc. - Buddhism term

noun:

• spring rain that falls around the time that flowers bloom; spring rain that hastens the blooming of flowers

noun:

• Socialist Party of Japan (until 1996, became the Social Democratic Party of Japan from 1996) ➜ 社会民主党【しゃかいみんしゅとう】

noun / ~する noun:

• digestion (of food)
• digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding
• consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion
• losing one's form and turning into something else - orig. meaning - archaism

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

noun:

• lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜【しちよう】

expression:

• a dime a dozen; two a penny

noun / ~する noun:

• running away from home; elopement
• outing; going out - archaism
• becoming a Buddhist monk; entering the priesthood - archaism

noun:

• vegetables; (edible) greens
• blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

noun / ~の noun:

• establishing a large lead over one's competitors; breaking away (from the field)

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; hotpot boss [literal] - humorous term

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• framing (e.g. a picture)
• flaming; hostile and insulting interaction between persons over the internet

noun:

• long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)