noun:

• step-by-step procedure - IT term - From English "step action"

adverb:

• day by day; every day; with each passing day

noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

noun:

• direct sale by the producer

noun:

• divorce by consent

noun:

• words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

noun:

• telegram sent by an emperor or head of state

noun:

• soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods

noun:

• the pain brought on by the five skandha - Buddhism term ➜ 五陰

noun:

• penitence by chanting sutras; confession (of sins); Tendai ritual of chanting Lotus Sutra or to Kanzeon, Amida, or Kichijoten for forgiveness of sins performed unknowingly - Buddhism term

noun / suffix noun:

• penitence sutra - Buddhism term

noun:

• guidebook to penitence - Buddhism term

adverb:

• day by day

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year) - obscure term ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• suffering caused by the cold

noun:

• laws established by daimyo applicable only in their own domain (during the Warring States period) ➜ 戦国大名

noun:

• damage or injuries caused by bombing or an explosion

noun:

• fish that are called by different names as they grow larger

noun:

• baggy pants, worn by construction workers and juvenile delinquents - Kansai dialect ➜ ニッカーズボン

~の noun:

• established by the company

adverb / temporal noun:

• step by step

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

expression:

• by far; far and away; by all odds

adverb:

• swear by god; absolutely

noun:

• input by codes - IT term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be betrayed by a trusted follower - idiom