Nounepitaph; inscription on a tomb

Nounthumb; pollex

Nounbig toe; great toe; hallex

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbrecruitment; invitation; selection; advertisement; taking applications · raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; subscription; solicitation · flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

Nounlate spring · third month of the lunar calendar

Noundusk; twilight scene

Noungraveyard

Nounlate autumn (fall) · ninth month of the lunar calendar

Nountwilight tolling of a bell

Nounperson whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

Nounburial chamber

Nounmother goddess

Nounpopulation; universe; parent set

Nounrecruiting expenses

Nounname of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

Nounhome for mothers and children

Nounacceptance limits; admission quota; area of eligibility

Nounsales agent (esp. in life insurance); recruiter

Nounmother goddess figure; goddess statue

Nounnumber of people to be admitted or accepted

Nounrecruitment advertisement

Nounwidowed mother's allowance

Nounsingle-mother household; fatherless family

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounboth mother and child

Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particledusky; somber light of a gathering dusk

Nounmaternal and child health notebook; maternity health record book

NounBoshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)

NounImperial Rescript of 1908

Nounshares available for subscription; share for subscription

Nounapplication information; application guidelines; application handbook

Nounmother and child moving abroad for study (while the father stays and works in Japan)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbmother-to-child infection

Nounability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb

Nounhallux valgus; bunion

Nounmaternal and child health notebook; maternity health record book

NounEarth Dragon (5th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)

NounEarth Rat (25th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1948, 2008, 2068)

NounEarth Monkey (45th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1908, 1968, 2028)

Noundwarf; midget; elf; Tom Thumb; Jack Sprat · Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)