~の noun:

• coplanar; in the same plane; flush; even (with) - often 同一平面上に

noun:

• seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school ➜ 千家【せんけ】

noun:

• seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school - abbreviation ➜ 七事式【しちじしき】

expression / noun:

• chink in the armor (armour) - colloquialism

noun:

• mochi freeze-dried in the winter air

noun / ~する noun:

• sleeping one's way up (the career ladder)

~の noun:

• curved; forming the shape of an arch

noun / ~の noun:

• (for the) first time in one's life

noun:

• fatty tuna from around the collar bone ➜ とろ

noun:

• language area of the cortex; speech centre (center)

noun:

• sounding out the intentions or wishes of someone

noun:

• courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court ➜ 武家衆

noun:

• other companies in the same business; rival firms

noun:

• samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

noun:

• ringworm (of the scalp); tinea capitis - Medicine term

noun:

• doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period) ➜ 漢方医

noun:

• émigré; political refugee (esp. from the French Revolution) - From French

noun:

• oysters cooked in the shell

noun:

• female golf pro sponsored by the tournament host - From English "hostess pro" ➜ ホストプロ

noun:

• cineast; someone who works in the movie industry

noun:

• yotsugana; the four kana (ji, di, zu, du) - じ,ぢ,ず,づ - Linguistics term

noun:

• strategy of initially moving the rook sideways - Shōgi term

noun:

• director of the dazaifu (ritsuryo system) ➜ 大宰府

expression:

• trend of the times; way things are going

noun:

• women who have slept with the same man - vulgar - slang ➜ 穴兄弟