noun:

• outline; main point; gist

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• general; substantially; approximately; about
• in the first place; to begin with; from the start

noun:

• the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate [literal]
• weak point; Achilles' heel

noun:

• Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water - From English "mask clear" ➜ マスクブロー

noun:

• covered bridge passageway connecting the backstage (mirror room) to the noh stage

noun:

• feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

noun:

• grade of wood; quality of wood
• cut end (of a piece of wood)

noun:

• rotation ➜ 周り
• making the rounds
• spreading
• effect; efficacy

suffix noun / noun:

• by way of; via

suffix / counter:

• round; turn
• size
• 12-year period; 12-year age difference

~の noun:

• dull ［ダル］

noun:

• Indian split pulse (lentils, peas or beans); Indian pulse stew; dal; daal - Food term - From Hindi "dāl"
• dāl; eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet ［ダール］ - From Arabic

noun:

• nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope ➜ 陰陽道・一白【いっぱく】・二黒【じこく】・三碧【さんぺき】・四緑【しろく】・五黄【ごおう】・六白【ろっぱく】・七赤【しちせき】・八白【はっぱく】・九紫【きゅうし】

noun:

• visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support - four character idiom

noun:

• whirligig beetle (any insect of family Gyrinidae, esp. the Japanese whirligig beetle, Gyrinus japonicus)
• pond skater; water strider ➜ 水馬【あめんぼ】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)

noun:

• monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks

noun:

• string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
• childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• blink (of eyes); wink
• twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light) ［またたき・まだたき］

noun:

• blessings of heaven; favour of emperor; favor of emperor; divination's luckiest day; blessings of nature

noun / ~の noun:

• major company; big company
• front castle gate
• force attacking the front of a castle

noun:

• this duty; this task; this job

pronoun:

• I (as the person in charge of this task)

noun / ~の noun:

• (a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless throughout the land - four character idiom

noun:

• the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• base isolation; seismic base isolation; base isolating; vibration damping at the base of a building

noun:

• Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

~の noun / noun:

• related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term Antonym: 無縁【むえん】
• related; relevant Antonym: 無縁【むえん】

noun:

• China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land