noun:

• middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid- character height; interpoint (interword separation)

noun:

• getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow - four character idiom

noun:

• oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi - かんとだき is ksb and かんとに is Nagoya-ben ➜ 御田

noun / suffix noun:

• special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

• secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem ➜ 南京【ナンキン】・簾【すだれ】

adverb:

• unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly

noun:

• shaking head in refusal (to children)

interjection:

• no!; no no!; not at all

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally ➜ 一向に
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

• Jōdo Shinshū - abbreviation ➜ 一向宗

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho
• hold on!; just a minute
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm

noun / ~する noun:

• being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.)
• sober face ➜ 素面【しらふ】
• sobriety ➜ 素面【しらふ】

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• face with no make-up; unpainted face - archaism ➜ 素顔【すがお】

noun / ~する noun:

• corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text - IT term

noun:

• fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire ➜ 篝
• brothel-keeper (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa ➜ 寝殿造り・向拝

noun:

• votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician ➜ 和算【わさん】

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - idiom ➜ 門前雀羅【もんぜんじゃくら】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

noun / ~する noun:

• being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

adverb:

• anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; at least

adverb / noun:

• one-by-one; separately
• every single; each and every; without omission; fully; in detail

adverb:

• at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know; for you see ➜ 何せ

noun:

• Ina Bauer (figure skating technique first performed in 1957 by West German skater Ina Bauer)

noun:

• aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu - Food term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• frying in oil; deep-fried food

noun:

• Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris - from Paris Collection

noun:

• stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut