a mixed script of kanji and katakana, or a use of such script, that was common in formal writing, before modern orthographic reforms which favored hiragana over katakana for grammatical elements such as particles and inflectional affixes

(history) a syllabary with characters drawn from kanji, such as the 万葉仮名 (Man'yōgana), that is the precursor to hiragana and katakana

transparent / permeable, porous / passable, (in the sense of objects spaced far enough apart to allow something in-between)

think tank

synthpop

(psychiatry) neurasthenia / (card games) concentration, pelmanism

送信: sending (by electric signal, etc.) / 痩身: skinny / 喪心, 喪神: absent-mindedness

送信: send electronically / 喪心, 喪神: be stupefied

信頼: reliance, trust, confidence / 新来: newcomer

神学: theology / 進学: going on to university / 心学: Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings