noun:

• Clarke number; abundance of a chemical element in the Earth's crust, as calculated by geochemist Frank Wigglesworth Clarke - Geology term

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

noun:

• special offers available for a limited time of the day; limited-time sale - From English "time sale"

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

noun:

• (someone with a) sweet tooth; person fond of sweets; person who doesn't like alcohol, preferring sweets ➜ 辛党

noun / ~する noun:

• lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind ➜ ど忘れ

noun:

• contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

noun:

• board (across a ditch, etc.)
• step; tread; footboard; running board
• pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle

noun:

• opposite the front; front seats in a theater; stalls; orchestra seats
• (seat facing) south side of ring - Sumo term

noun:

• Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river - four character idiom

noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

noun:

• Miyako toad (Bufo gargarizans miyakonis, a subspecies of the Asiatic toad endemic to the Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• combover; comb-over; bamboo screen head (due to looking like the slats of a bamboo screen) [literal] ➜ すだれ・バーコードヘア

noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start - four character idiom

adverb / noun:

• finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break - four character idiom

noun:

• karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle) ➜ 唐破風

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• large sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

• gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

noun:

• chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day - obscure term

noun:

• fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors