noun / ~の noun:

• mid-to-long term; medium and long term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pinch and crush; to pinch out

expression:

• by far; far and away; by all odds

godan ~す verb:

• to do thoroughly; to check through and through

noun:

• Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party - abbreviation

expression:

• day and night; turning night into day

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rip out (and take); to tear out

noun:

• error correction; error detection and correction - IT term

noun:

• equivalence operation; IF-AND-ONLY-IF operation; IFF - IT term

noun:

• something; something or other; so-and-so ➜ 何とか彼とか

noun:

• pen drawing; pen-and-ink drawing

noun:

• bicolor goatfish (Parupeneus barberinoides); half-and-half goatfish

noun:

• wisdom obtained from meditation - Buddhism term
• wisdom and meditation - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• all the gods and goddesses; all the deities - Shintō term ➜ 八百万【やおよろず】

noun:

• Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• conclusion; resolution; firming up (plans, etc.); coming together; returning to normal
• gathering and bundling
• convergence - Mathematics term Antonym: 発散
• focusing (e.g. light); convergence ➜ 集束

noun:

• Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis)
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

noun / ~する noun:

• spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman)

noun:

• medium; channeler ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• magazine published by fans; fanzine
• publication aimed at a particular hobby group
• publication sold directly, and not via commercial publishers

noun / ~する noun:

• make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom

noun:

• everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan
• silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

noun:

• low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride - abbreviation - slang ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

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

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 伊弉冉尊・伊弉諾尊・軻遇突智・火結神・火之夜芸速男神