noun:

• thin sheet of silver; silver foil; silverleaf
• censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony ➜ 香道【こうどう】
• Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam ➜ 裏白の木【うらじろのき】

noun:

• method of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials - obscure term
• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner ➜ 摺り込み染め

adjective:

• far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
• distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
• distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
• far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
• hard (of hearing) - as 耳が遠い
• nearsighted - as 目が遠い

expression / noun:

• formidable person; shrewd person; someone not to be taken lightly; person of no common order
• certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone
• that sort of person; that kind of person - archaism

noun:

• system
• lineage; ancestry; family line
• group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought)
• close (evolutionary) relationship
• a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~む verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

noun:

• single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling)
• crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection) ➜ 集団犯罪

expression:

• like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell

noun:

• turnout (of people)
• start (e.g. race, campaign, term of office)
• constant forward movement; initial charge; dash - Sumo term

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• usually; ordinarily
• continuous; 24-hour (e.g. observation, operation (of a machine), care (of patient)); always on

noun:

• sharpness; cutting ability
• quickness (of wit); incisiveness; technical proficiency; skill
• peppiness (of a ball) - in ball sports

noun:

• biographical notes and character sketches of prominent individuals, arranged according to place of birth or origin

noun:

• winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

noun:

• twist; spin
• ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style)
• wrapped offering (of money) ➜ お捻り【おひねり】
• twisting throw - Sumo term

noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• wide expanse of flat surface (e.g. sea, plains)
• endless

noun / suffix noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• rampant growth of (weeds, hair)

noun:

• Edo-period unit of gold coinage ［金目］
• golden eyes (of a cat, etc.)
• splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens) - abbreviation ➜ 金目鯛

noun:

• tenkasu; crunchy bits of deep-fried dough produced as a byproduct of cooking tempura ➜ 天ぷら

noun:

• pit (of a fruit); stone - obscure term
• core
• tongue (piece of wood used to connect two boards)
• clitoris

noun / suffix noun:

• going; travelling (traveling)
• type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
• district (of similar merchants); guild - archaism

suffix / prefix / counter:

• bank

noun:

• LOHAS; Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability; market segment made up of ecologically conscious consumers

noun:

• Reaganomics; economic policies of Ronald Reagan (i.e. reduction of taxes, spending, and market regulation)

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺り

noun:

• sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne ➜ 本醸造【ほんじょうぞう】

noun / ~する noun:

• mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations

noun:

• sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)