noun:

• taking a lead in (doing); setting an example of (doing) - four character idiom

noun:

• abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character
• acronym; abbreviation ➜ 略語

noun:

• conjunctive form; continuative form; -masu stem of a Japanese verb - Linguistics term

noun:

• idiomatic pronunciation or peculiar reading of a kanji or compound

noun:

• the spoken words of the emperor or a noble - honorific language

noun:

• special consideration (esp. of a monarch, emperor, etc.); special favour

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

noun:

• development; expansion plan; interior elevation
• net (of a polyhedron); development - Mathematics term

noun:

• Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term ➜ 三尊【さんぞん】

adverb:

• in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

noun:

• block votes (e.g. of a labor union, labour union)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be promoted to makuuchi (of a juryo-division wrestler) - Sumo term

noun:

• grasping the (main) point; seizing the essence (of a matter) - four character idiom

noun:

• even (of a trade); no advantage and no disadvantage

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• towering (as mountains do); of outstanding greatness (as a person) - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow

noun:

• (right of) representation; right to represent (e.g. a company)

noun:

• flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the form (of); to assume a shape

noun:

• culture of a higher order (as opposed to fundamental culture) ➜ 基層文化

noun:

• natural form (of a vitamin, etc); native form; naturally occurring

noun:

• beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue

noun:

• leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

noun:

• interstadial; interstade; period of higher temperatures during a glacial period