noun:

• 1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa

noun:

• a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some - From English "plus alpha"

noun:

• bread roll filled with anko
• paint thinner placed inside a bag used as a drug

noun:

• post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• cut into long thin shavings (primarily vegetables), in the manner a pencil is sharpened with a knife

noun:

• fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

noun:

• opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

noun:

• camera focusing error (on a space between two objects) ➜ 抜く【ぬく】

noun:

• written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)
• a text written entirely in kana
• graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries)
• notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.)
• rough draft

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to sever; to cut off
• to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
• to abstain (from); to give up

noun / ~の noun:

• major company; big company
• front castle gate
• force attacking the front of a castle

noun:

• resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office

noun / ~する noun:

• base isolation; seismic base isolation; base isolating; vibration damping at the base of a building

noun:

• existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have as a side order (with drinks) ➜ 肴【さかな】
• to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense - usu. Xをさかなにする - idiom ➜ 肴【さかな】

noun:

• chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; paymaster
• chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

noun / ~の noun:

• left-wing (politics) Antonym: 右翼

noun:

• left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank
• left field - Baseball term

noun:

• personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

noun:

• policeman; cop - esp. お巡り ➜ お巡りさん
• walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
• rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
• vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism ➜ おかず・女房言葉

noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

noun:

• shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
• gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel - slang - humorous term