noun:

• ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ➜ イスラム国

noun:

• wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at Shinto festivals

expression / adjectival noun:

• clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)

noun:

• computer game based on music and rhythm

noun:

• Italian-style pastry and cake shop; pasticceria - From Italian

noun:

• competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools ➜ 受験

noun:

• MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)

noun:

• US Open (esp. tennis and golf championships)

noun:

• British disease; Britain's 1970s economic and labour problems

expression / noun:

• call and response - Music term

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

noun:

• mixture of ice and water (for keeping fish fresh)

expression / noun:

• anyone and everyone; anybody at all

expression / noun:

• anyone and everyone; anybody at all

noun:

• (mixture of) ground beef and pork

noun:

• the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)

expression / adverb:

• well; properly; suitably
• best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do
• just like ...; as though one were ... - as ...よろしく
• by all means; of course - as よろしく…べし

expression:

• experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught [literal]

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead - idiom
• to grab by the tail [literal]

noun:

• cabinetwork; joinery - usu. 指(し)物
• hair ornament; hairpin - often 挿(し)物
• colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
• nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker
• streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period) ［夜鷹］
• soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors ［夜鷹］ - abbreviation ➜ 夜鷹蕎麦

adverb:

• or; otherwise
• furthermore; also
• perhaps; by some chance; possibly - archaism
• that being said; be that as it may - archaism
• however; but - archaism
• not to mention; needless to say - archaism
• as expected; sure enough - archaism
• really; at all - used to express emphatic denial, suspicion, or emotion - archaism

~の noun:

• collared; having a collar

noun:

• lifestyle; circumstances; what can be observed about one's wealth by looking at one's collar - archaism
• one's collar when wearing multiple kimonos - obscure term ➜ 襟元

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to tear off
• to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)