noun:

• Maria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period ➜ マリア・観音

noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese ➜ 声点

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have secret communication with; to have a tacit understanding with

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to bound; to set a boundary

noun:

• first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
• first menstruation ［はつはな］
• woman who has just reached adulthood ［はつはな］

adverb:

• one by one; going over with a fine-tooth comb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate ➜ 口が肥える

noun / ~する noun:

• dying abroad; dying in a foreign land

noun:

• bound almanac; calendar in the form of a book ➜ 柱暦

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

expression:

• consequently; as a result

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

noun:

• cylinder; magazine of a revolver

~の noun / adverb:

• parlando; (sung) in a speaking style - Music term - From Italian ➜ パルランテ

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) ➜ 漫画

noun:

• skipping grades; the act of entering a new school as a non-first-year student

expression / noun:

• Cleopatra's nose; "a small thing with a huge influence" [figurative]

noun:

• punishment by formal warning; punishing someone by a reprimand

noun:

• Shinto offerings; present to a guest

~の noun / noun:

• hook shaped; bent at a right angle

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun [literal] - obscure term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to sweep up together; to sweep into a heep

noun:

• grated daikon and chili; whole daikon with a chili notched inside and then grated together - Food term
• grated daikon and carrot - Food term