noun:

• sharpness (e.g. of a photo); definition

noun:

• cloud of ashes (caused by pouring water on a fire)

expression:

• cool! (only when said or written in a questioning tone); incredible; unbelievable

adverb:

• unusually (compared to a typical year) ➜ 例年

noun:

• erector pili (muscle fiber attached to a hair follicle); erectores pilorum

noun:

• ingredient (of a traditional Chinese medicine)

noun:

• angle of recess (of a gear)

noun:

• subcenter (of a large city) (subcentre); urban subcenter

noun:

• time of receipt (of a package, etc. by the post office)

expression:

• (a place) out of one's reach Antonym: 手の届くところ

noun:

• Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

noun:

• moving picture (i.e. a movie; term esp. used during the silent movie period) - obsolete term

expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become ready to eat (as a result of steaming)

noun:

• threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill - Architecture term ➜ 目草【まぐさ】

noun:

• compound note (on a harmonica) - Music term ➜ 単音【たんおん】

noun:

• cover story (in a magazine); cover article

noun:

• punching (e.g. with a die)

noun:

• short flute piece (in kyogen; usu. a lively solo)
• flute and drum music played after each act but the last (in kabuki) - also written as 砂切

noun:

• canned tuna (from sea chicken, orig. a brand name)

noun:

• lophophorate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell) - obscure term ➜ 触手動物

noun:

• retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer)

~の noun:

• poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic - oft. a humble ref. to a gift

noun:

• gold braid (e.g. on a military officer's uniform)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to install (a person) in (someone's) place