noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

noun:

• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR ➜ 琉球列島米国民政府

noun / ~する noun:

• tilling with horses

noun:

• court lady with her own private chamber or office - archaism
• low-class prostitute (Edo period)

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be in focus; to come into focus

noun:

• Olympic Cauldron (platform (structure) bearing the Olympic flame)

noun:

• mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall ➜ 築地【ついじ】

noun / ~する noun:

• memorial to the emperor

noun:

• scene of the crime (offense, offence)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to fold in; to bear deep in mind; to follow up

noun:

• the major leagues - Baseball term

noun:

• problems of the elderly
• problems of an aging society

noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

noun:

• a member of one's "in group" (e.g. one's family, employees, etc.)

noun:

• walk-in closet

noun:

• social group with common ties to a region ➜ 血縁集団

noun:

• dried, salt-pickled ayu with its eggs inside - Food term ➜ 鮎【あゆ】

noun:

• Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to treat leather, sharkskin, etc. with glue and pound until hard

noun:

• euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work ➜ 五月病・六月病

counter:

• the n-th - indicates position in a sequence ➜ 番目

noun:

• the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder) ➜ 三焦

expression / ichidan verb:

• to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)

noun:

• direct transaction; spot transaction - Finance term