[n] (int) (1) (abbr) used to express approval, especially in slurred or unclear speech (abbr. of interjection "un"); (2) (See ぬ・1) negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); (3) (See 乃・の) abbr. of particle "no"; (4) (See に) abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru") #43
[とくに, tokuni] (adv) particularly; especially; (P) #696
[だて, date] (suf) (1) particularly; especially; (2) indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat; (3) indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used #2980
[うたざわ, utazawa] (n) (歌沢 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen) slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
[うたざわぶし, utazawabushi] (n) (歌沢節 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢節 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen) (See うた沢) slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
[おたく, otaku] (n) (1) (hon) your house; your home; your family; (2) (hon) your husband; (3) (hon) your organization; (pn, adj-no) (4) (hon) you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close); (P)
[doya] (n) cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
[shibire] (n) sweetbread (culinary name for the thymus and the pancreas, especially of the calf)
[chanpuru-] (n) chanpuru; champuru; Okinawan stir-fry dish, usually containing vegetables (especially bitter melon), tofu, meat or fish (poss. from Indonesian "campur" meaning mixed)
[burikkusu] (n) BRIC, BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China), referring especially to the fast-growing economies of these countries
[ひときわ, hitokiwa] (adv) conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; still more; especially
[いっし, isshi] (n) (1) a child; one child; (2) one of several children, especially the son and heir; (3) (See 一目・いちもく) one stone (in Go)
[ひとしお, hitoshio] (adv, n) still more; especially
[かつじばなれ, katsujibanare] (n, adj-no) aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
[まきす, makisu] (n) (See 巻寿司) "sushi mat" (bamboo mat used in food preparation, especially to roll makizushi)
[きがんじょ, kiganjo] (n) temple; shrine, especially one at which worshipers pray for favors; prayer hall
[きんしつそうわ, kinshitsusouwa] (n, vs) (See 琴瑟相和す) pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious; being happily married
[きんぶん, kinbun] (n) Chinese bronze inscriptions; type of lettering used on metal objects, especially in China during the Yin and Zhou dynasties
[おそしさま, ososhisama] (n) the Founder of the (our) sect (used especially in the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, referring to Nichiren)
[こうひょう, kouhyou] (n, vs) criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique
[こうどせいちょうき, koudoseichouki] (n) period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
[さどうちゅう, sadouchuu] (n, adj-no) in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action
[とりわけ, toriwake] (adv, n) (1) (uk) especially; above all; (2) inter alia; among others; (P)
[とりわけて, toriwakete] (exp) above all; especially
[ことに, kotoni] (adv) (1) especially; particularly; unusually; above all; (2) (arch) additionally; (P)
[ことさら, kotosara] (adv) intentionally; deliberately; especially
[なかんずく;なかんづく, nakanzuku ; nakanduku] (adv) especially; above all; particularly; among other things
[せいすい, seisui] (n) (1) holy water; (2) urine, especially as relates to urolagnia or urophilia
[たげいはむげい, tageihamugei] (exp) being multi-talented means never really being especially good at any one thing; jack of all trades, master of none
[わざわざ, wazawaza] (adv) (uk) expressly; specially; doing something especially rather than incidentally; (P)
[とらいじん, toraijin] (n) people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese
[たっちゅう, tacchuu] (n) sub-temple, especially one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest
[とくせつかいじょう, tokusetsukaijou] (n) site (e.g. room, building) especially prepared for a meeting (event, etc.)
[ねっすい, nessui] (n, adj-no) hot water or liquid (especially that below the surface of the earth)
[べっして, besshite] (adv) especially; particularly
[わけて, wakete] (adv) above all; especially; particularly; all the more
[ぼくせき, bokuseki] (n) writing (especially of a Zen monk); penmanship
[たてて, tatete] (adv) especially; particularly; wholeheartedly
[りんぷん, rinpun] (n) (insectile, especially moth) scales
[れんざせい, renzasei] (n) system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
[わご, wago] (n) native Japanese words (especially as opposed to Chinese and other foreign loanwords); (P)