noun:

• too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education - four character idiom

noun:

• popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor - four character idiom

noun:

• level of comfort (of objects you sit on)

suffix:

• graded on N steps; scored out of N - after number N

noun:

• biochemical oxygen demand; BOD ➜ 生物化学的酸素要求量
• bandwidth-on-demand

expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become keen on; to get passionate about

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to float ➜ 浮かす
• to save (on one's expenses)

noun / ~する noun:

• driving on two wheels; ski (driving stunt); skiing

noun / adjectival noun:

• peace and quiet; tranquility; peace on earth - archaism

noun:

• Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism) ➜ 法華宗

noun:

• factory mark; manufacturing plant identification mark (on goods)

adverb / expression:

• like water; like it grows on trees - as in 'spend money like water' ➜ 湯水

yodan ~ぶ verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to walk; to go on foot - archaism ➜ 歩む

noun / ~する noun:

• start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on

noun:

• (a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing a figure; drawing a diagram
• construction - Mathematics term

~の noun:

• with a fixed time; with a deadline

pre-noun adjectival:

• not a little; not a few; considerable ➜ 少なからず

adverb:

• with a start; with a jump - onomatopoeia

expression:

• a good beginning makes a good ending - proverb

adverb:

• just a minute; short time; just a little - equiv. of ちょっと - Kansai dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• creating a statue (esp. a Buddhist statue) - obscure term

noun:

• tip of a stem (of a plant)

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a vroom; with a sudden shaking - onomatopoeia

noun:

• attending a meeting; participating in a meeting