noun:

• poetic sentiment or inspiration; poetic inclination or taste; poem-composing mood; ability to appreciate poetry

noun:

• family or clan system

noun:

• swollen or cancerous spleen

noun:

• daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge
• residence of a daimyo's successor

noun:

• inexpert or untrained eyes

noun:

• admission fee or charge

noun:

• working-class accent or dialect ➜ 山の手言葉

noun:

• special telegram or dispatch (despatch)

noun:

• Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term

noun:

• cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system

ichidan verb:

• to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)

adverbial noun / noun:

• in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability - four character idiom

noun:

• impact of publicity or propaganda

noun:

• strong pelvis or hips

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

noun:

• unfeeling or callous person

noun:

• date of issue or publication

expression / ~の noun:

• sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

noun:

• family or person with samurai ancestors ➜ 華族【かぞく】

noun:

• articles disposed of or sold off by the government

noun:

• verbatim or literal translation

noun:

• party rules or regulations

noun:

• blowfly or green bottle fly larva (oft. used as fishing bait)

noun:

• 49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain) ➜ 間日【まび】

noun:

• person who has a driving licence but little or no experience actually driving (license) - From English "paper driver"