noun / suffix noun:

• taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal

noun:

• last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
• active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)

prefix:

• emphatic or formal prefix - before a verb

noun:

• whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna

noun:

• isobaric surface; constant-pressure surface; barometric surface

expression / noun:

• changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons ➜ 移り変わり【うつりかわり】

noun:

• large jewel; string of jewels - archaism
• Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 勾玉・三種の神器

expression:

• each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog
• to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full
• to be piled up (e.g. of work)
• to halt (in one's speech); to stumble (over one's words); to stutter; to stammer
• to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain ➜ 痞える【つかえる】

expression / noun:

• ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); voluminously flowing
• (speak) eloquently; fluently; spout forth (a torrent of speech)
• flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom

noun:

• stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss - Sumo term

noun:

• rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神送り

noun:

• the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year

expression / adverb:

• just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]

noun:

• circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
• (computer) peripheral - IT term

noun:

• place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
• mountain recess ［やまかげ］

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects) ➜ 七賢人
• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ➜ 竹林の七賢

noun:

• the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom

noun:

• advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom

noun:

• wisdom; enlightenment
• prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom - Buddhism term ➜ 三学

noun:

• warrior from the eastern parts of Japan - derogatory term - archaism - Kantō dialect
• eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China) ［とうい］

adverb:

• under (esp. influence or guidance) - sometimes written 元

noun / ~する noun:

• escort (e.g. under guard); convoy

noun:

• completely financed; sponsored; under patronage