noun:

• wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie

noun:

• working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

noun:

• one building (hall, temple, shrine, room)
• same room; same place; same building

adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ おおよそ
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

noun:

• Bouin's solution; Bouin's fluid; Bouin's fixative

noun / ~する noun:

• intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.)
• temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［出っ鼻］ ➜ 出鼻
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out ➜ 出端
• outset; start; beginning ➜ 出端

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

noun:

• political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

noun:

• the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)

noun:

• activist (in a political movement); crusader (e.g. for women's rights)

noun / ~する noun:

• lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies

noun:

• babbling (of a baby); babble

noun:

• final cut severing a wrestler's top-knot in his retirement ceremony - Sumo term

expression:

• of all people (expression showing surprise at a high standing person's misbehavior)

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)

expression / adverb:

• without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to

noun:

• P-valve; urinal built into a diver's dry suit

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning ➜ 孟母三遷の教え

noun:

• fishermen's banner hoisted to indicate a rich haul; big-catch flag

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; flaky (as in pastry) - onomatopoeia
• crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; proceeding smoothly - onomatopoeia
• sound of pouring liquid - onomatopoeia - archaism
• speaking clearly - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

expression / adjective:

• cool and cute; cool in a cute way; cute in a cool way ➜ 格好【かっこう】

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• bitter experience; learning from a bad experience; having had enough (of something unpleasant); having had a bellyful; being sick and tired (of something); being fed up