noun:

• var. of Japanese paper made from the Oriental paper bush

noun:

• deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost

noun:

• half-crying; being on the verge of crying

noun:

• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones

noun:

• twenty-first day of the month
• twenty-one days

noun:

• twenty-second day of the month
• twenty-two days

noun:

• twenty-third day of the month
• twenty-three days

noun:

• twenty-fifth day of the month
• twenty-five days

noun:

• twenty-sixth day of the month
• twenty-six days

noun:

• twenty-eighth day of the month
• twenty-eight days

noun:

• thirty-first day of the month
• thirty-one days

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pluck the strings of an instrument; to strum

noun:

• coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to restrict; to limit; to confine

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
• to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to) - as ...は...に限る

noun:

• polite Japanese as used by young part-time employees in restaurants, etc. - derogatory term ➜ バイト・敬語

noun:

• euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

noun:

• black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun:

• (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

noun:

• grand kagura performance at Ise
• type of performance including the lion dance and juggling ➜ 雑芸
• Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 椿

expression:

• as far as the eye can reach; as far as the eye can see

noun:

• draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window
• cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

noun:

• language used by students; students' slang

noun:

• (political) violence; violent tactics used by political radicals - From German "Gewalt"