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.)

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

adverb / ~と adverb:

• fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning) - onomatopoeia
• bong-bong (of clock ringing) - onomatopoeia
• with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• striking clock - abbreviation - onomatopoeia ➜ ぼんぼん時計
• green young man from a well-to-do family - Kansai dialect

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take over; to take back; to collect; to claim
• to take charge of; to take custody of; to look after; to take care of; to adopt
• to retire to a private place; to withdraw; to get out

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to restrict; to limit; to confine

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
• to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to) - as ...は...に限る

noun:

• proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained ➜ 拘束名簿式比例代表制

noun:

• Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama) ➜ 稲魂
• Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
• fox (said to be messengers of Inari) ➜ 狐
• fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes) ➜ 油揚げ
• inarizushi - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ いなり寿司

expression / ichidan verb:

• to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

expression:

• as far as the eye can reach; as far as the eye can see