noun:

• the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones - four character idiom

noun:

• being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town - four character idiom

noun:

• investigation committee (of prefectural assembly, established under Section 100 of the Act)

noun:

• bow collector (type of power contact on the top of electric trains) - From German "Bugel"

noun:

• All-England Open
• Wimbledon (tennis tournament)
• The Open Championship (golf)

noun:

• particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase - e.g. the の of のです ➜ のです

noun:

• the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect - obscure term

noun:

• Enbun era (of the Northern Court) (1356.3.28-1361.3.29)

noun:

• Ōan era (of the Northern Court) (1368.2.18-1375.2.27)

noun:

• Eitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1381.2.24-1384.2.27)

noun:

• woman purported to bring good luck to the man she is near - colloquialism

noun:

• central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira
• leader of the Tenri religion ［真柱］

noun / ~する noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - abbreviation ➜ カウンターストップ

noun:

• Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan - abbreviation

noun / adjectival noun:

• to the satisfaction of all parties; all sides being happy and satisfied - four character idiom

noun:

• Sunna (collection of recorded words and actions of the prophet Muhammad); Sunnah - From Arabic "sunna"

noun:

• Christmas; Nativity ➜ キリスト降誕祭【キリストこうたんさい】
• celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man

conjunction:

• in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

expression / noun:

• more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線行く

noun:

• larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)

noun:

• word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)

adverb / ~の noun:

• since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.) ➜ 根っから
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

noun:

• alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)

noun:

• Tsushima marten (Martes melampus tsuensis, a subspecies of the Japanese marten) ➜ 貂