adverb:

• bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

noun:

• stool (stood on to reach high objects)
• stock (in grafting)

noun:

• heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

noun:

• ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 如是我聞
• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - abbreviation ➜ 十如是

noun:

• Asama-Sanso incident (famous hostage crisis and police siege in Feb. 1972)

noun:

• trehalose (used in foods as a sweetener, stabilizer and flavor enhancer) (stabiliser) (flavour)

noun:

• referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term ➜ 付出し

noun:

• economy class syndrome (occurrence of deep vein thrombosis in air travelers) ➜ 深部静脈血栓症【しんぶじょうみゃくけっせんしょう】

noun:

• sprouting; budding

noun / interjection:

• crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation - also written 萌ゑ - slang

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun:

• racketeering newspaper; journal that demands money in return for favourable articles

noun:

• winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season - four character idiom

noun:

• extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night) - four character idiom

noun:

• safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

noun:

• sudoku; number puzzle in which digits may only occur once per block - from 数字は独身に限る

~の noun:

• bilingual; in two languages

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

expression:

• bearing no comparison with; not to be mentioned in the same breath as

noun:

• cheese with holes in it (e.g. Swiss, Emmenthal)

noun:

• drink; drinking - abbreviation
• spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.)
• stock market bucketing
• bookmaking

noun:

• crushed sesame seeds boiled in water and chilled like tofu

noun:

• soup of soumen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth