noun / ~する noun:

• ready-made meal, usually purchased in store and taken home; home meal replacement; HMR

noun:

• formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono

noun:

• grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins - Sumo term

noun:

• typical dress of the military class, usually worn together with a hakama ➜ 袴

noun:

• usually worn

expression:

• Lights are usually followed by shadows

noun:

• low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride - abbreviation - slang ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person; point overlooked by a cautious person - four character idiom

noun:

• mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō - pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経 ➜ あほだら

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun:

• blue film; early (1950s-) type of hardcore pornographic film usually filmed on 8 or 16mm film and often in black market circulation

noun:

• cross-wise writing; alphabet usually written horizontally

noun:

• little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
• female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period) ［しょうじょ・少女］ - archaism

noun:

• chanpuru; champuru; Okinawan stir-fry dish, usually containing vegetables (especially bitter melon), tofu, meat or fish - Ryūkyū dialect - Food term

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• future (usually near); prospects

noun / ~の noun:

• the future (usually distant)
• future tense
• the world to come

noun:

• yacht (usually only used for a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat

noun:

• kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

noun:

• shrine (usually Shinto)

godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pluck (usually from a tree); to pick (e.g. apples)

noun:

• certificate (usually of proof of something); credentials

noun:

• basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold) - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; Sno-cone; snow cone

noun:

• controller (usually air-traffic)

noun:

• breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)