noun:

• posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting

noun:

• kakistocracy; government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens

noun:

• campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)

noun / ~する noun:

• standing out from the crowd; dominating; rising abruptly - archaism
• towering high - archaism

noun:

• the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)

noun:

• post box on the front door; letterbox - From English "door post"

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature ➜ 弱冷房車【じゃくれいぼうしゃ】

noun:

• treating somebody to one delicious meal after the other

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun:

• interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues - Sports term ➜ セ・パ

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
• top; summit
• surface; on
• before; previous
• superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder)
• on top of that; besides; what's more
• upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
• matters concerning...; as concerns ...
• since (i.e. "for that reason") - as ...上は

suffix noun:

• suffix indicating higher social standing - honorific language ➜ 父上
• place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) - archaism
• emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo - archaism
• noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) - archaism

adjective:

• cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing Antonym: 熱い
• coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• general; universal
• ordinary; average; common Antonym: 特殊

adjectival noun / noun:

• the same; no different; (just) as if - archaism

adjective:

• equal; identical; the same
• no different (to); just like; equivalent

noun / ~する noun:

• invention

adjectival noun:

• intelligent; clever ➜ 聡明

noun / ~する noun:

• being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear - archaism

adverb:

• before long; soon
• almost; nearly
• finally; in the end; eventually

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• natural; reasonable; obvious
• usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm

noun:

• hostel; dormitory
• bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 律令制

noun / ~の noun:

• pink
• erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic

noun:

• background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context
• backing; support (from behind the scenes)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• exactly; precisely; punctually; on the dot - onomatopoeia
• closely; tightly; (fitting) perfectly - onomatopoeia
• properly; without fail - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)