noun:

• anomaly; angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun - Astronomy term

expression / adverb:

• at the very beginning; first of all; before anything else; first and foremost

noun:

• deutomerite; posterior sac; posterior chamber - Medicine term
• women's quarters at the rear of a house

noun:

• queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii); titanka; puya de Raimondi

expression:

• it's the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan's fault; LDP-blamer - from 自民が ..; used to mock critics of the LDP - slang - derogatory term ➜ 自民党

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun / ~する noun:

• pressing one's hands together in prayer

noun:

• triangular frame of a thatched roof

expression:

• Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours - at the end of Buddhist correspondence ➜ 敬具

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

noun:

• rigging (a ship, aircraft, etc.)
• rigging; gear; tackle
• rigging; in animation, a hierarchy of virtual skeletal bones ［リギング］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to call in; to invite; to bring in

adverb:

• in this manner; in this way; like this

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch
• to dabble in; to have a smattering of

noun:

• ancient document; archives; ancient manuscript; paleograph
• document addressed to someone in particular (jargon used in paleography) ➜ 文書【ぶんしょ】

noun:

• taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• rod; pole
• neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen - esp. 棹
• beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
• single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
• penis - slang

counter:

• counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)

noun:

• making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; of various colours
• diverse; of all kinds; all manners of; a variety of

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this ➜ あんな・そんな・どんな

noun / suffix noun:

• tuck (e.g. in a dress) ➜ 縫い揚げ【ぬいあげ】

noun:

• rise (e.g. in price) ［上げ］ Antonym: 下げ

noun:

• child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh)
• henchman; follower ➜ 親方

suffix noun:

• shop; factory; mill; works (as in ironworks); plant (as in manufacturing plant)

noun:

• being deeply in debt; being up to one's ears in debt

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lost in thought; to be immersed in reverie

noun / ~する noun:

• guidance; leading (the way); showing around
• information; notice; notification
• announcement (of one's arrival)
• invitation
• acquaintance; knowledge

noun:

• elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority
• Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)