noun:

• card (with a message written on it) - From English "message card"

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)

noun:

• sawachi ryouri; assorted cold food served on a large plate

noun:

• engaging the clutch (usu. on a motorcycle) - From English "clutch meet"

noun:

• patterned cloth laid on a table or Buddhist altar; antependium

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

expression / interjection:

• for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ➜ 近い

suffix noun:

• nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to

adverb:

• shortly; soon

noun:

• wing
• Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［よく］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for birds or bird wings ［よく］ - archaism

noun:

• expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; calculations
• purpose; intention; motive; ulterior motive
• others' opinions of one
• speculation - Finance term

noun:

• (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district ➜ 大選挙区制

noun:

• prostitute (esp. one consorting with occupation soldiers after WWII); pan-pan girl

noun:

• Stegostoma (genus of one species of Indo-Pacific carpet shark in the family Stegostomatidae)

noun:

• Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
• sun - archaism

noun:

• Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 日天子
• sun - archaism

noun:

• Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
• moon - archaism

noun:

• Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 月天子
• moon - archaism

expression:

• based on; built on; made from ➜ を元として

expression:

• based on; built on; made from ➜ を元にして

expression / adjective:

• hard on others but easy on oneself

noun:

• muscle; tendon; sinew
• vein; artery
• fiber; fibre; string
• line; stripe; streak
• reason; logic ➜ 筋が通る
• plot; storyline
• lineage; descent
• school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
• aptitude; talent
• source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
• well-informed person (in a transaction)
• logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
• ninth vertical line - Shōgi term
• seam on a helmet
• gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 筋蒲鉾
• social position; status - archaism

suffix noun / noun / ~の noun:

• on (a river, road, etc.); along

suffix / counter:

• counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
• (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency) - archaism

expression:

• based on; on the basis of

expression:

• on second thought; on (further) reflection

suffix noun:

• depending on; dependent upon; relying on ➜ 頼み【たのみ】

noun:

• bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick - Martial Arts term