noun:

• beginning; clue; starting point

noun:

• group of persons working at the imperial court (Yamato period)
• various craftsmen and artisans under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• fetch abstract-operation - IT term

noun:

• contributor (of written material)

noun / ~する noun:

• conversion to sugar; saccharification

noun:

• study of syntax

noun:

• the pacific side of Japan; eastern sea
• of or about Japan

noun:

• pig's feet - Food term

godan ~る verb:

• to make up to; to curry favour; to butter up

noun:

• Hawker's least shrew (Sorex minutissimus hawkeri)

noun:

• bargain floor or basement

noun:

• flocking plovers; flock of plovers ➜ 千鳥

noun:

• east face (e.g. of a building)

noun:

• question time (in the Japanese Diet) ➜ クエスチョンタイム

noun:

• pitching strength (of a team)

expression / temporal noun:

• a long time ago ➜ 疾っくの昔

noun:

• desk made in China; Chinese style desk

noun:

• type of illegal loan charging 10% interest every 10 days

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - colloquialism

noun:

• rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)

noun:

• wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon

noun / ~する noun:

• going to Singapore; moving to Singapore

expression:

• regardless of; irrespective of; without distinction of; no matter (how, what, when, etc.) ➜ 問う

noun:

• statistical yearbook

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to throw away