noun:

• magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

noun:

• presumption of legitimacy; presumption of child in wedlock; presumption that the ex-husband is the father of a woman's child born within 300 days of their divorce - Law term

noun:

• shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards ➜ 榧【かや】

conjunction:

• and; thereupon; because of that - Kansai dialect ➜ それで

noun:

• lebkuchen; pfefferkuchen; German Christmas treat that resembles ginger bread - From German

noun:

• vomiting center; area postrema; part of the brain that controls vomiting

expression:

• thereabouts; vicinity; that area
• that situation; those circumstances

expression:

• Thank you; How nice of you; That's kind of you

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

conjunction:

• and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

conjunction:

• next; then; after that

noun:

• sand eraser; ink eraser; eraser (rubber) that contains sand which makes it able to remove ink

expression / noun:

• pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

noun:

• Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom - Buddhism term

noun:

• phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly") - e.g., じめじめ、ゆったり - Linguistics term

noun:

• mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range - obscure term ➜ 山塊

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom

adverb:

• unlike a woman; unwomanly; woman that she is

noun:

• daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

noun:

• rental mobile phone; rental cell phone; cell phone that is rented