noun:

• Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era

noun:

• Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era

noun:

• Jōji era (of the Northern Court) (1362.9.23-1368.2.18); Teiji era

noun:

• Kakei era (of the Northern Court) (1387.8.23-1389.2.9); Kakyō era

suffix noun:

• month (of the year); used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)

noun:

• one of the accent patterns of Japanese words, with a rising and then falling pitch

noun:

• Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

noun:

• Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)

noun / ~する noun:

• treat; banquet; feast; entertainment; goodies - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ごちそう

interjection:

• thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ごちそうさま

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003) ➜ 有志連合

noun:

• air guitar (imaginary instrument used when pretending to play the guitar)

noun:

• main menu in a restaurant, as opposed to the lunchtime menu

expression:

• not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark

noun / ~する noun:

• going along with something; following the crowd
• treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

noun:

• V-sign; hand gesture similar to the peace sign, representing victory or happiness

noun:

• cardueline finch (any finch of subfamily Carduelinae, esp. the Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus)

noun:

• parazoan (member of an ancestral subkingdom of animals whose only surviving members are the sponges)

noun:

• people who study or work while listening to the radio (or watching television, etc.)

noun:

• agreement used to prevent unauthorized or faked divorce by couples in Japan in the future

noun:

• yellow dog contract (employment contract which forbids the employee to join a labor union)

godan ~る verb:

• to fabricate (stories) (based on alleged behaviour of the Asahi newspaper); to make up - slang - humorous term

noun:

• Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey (species found in the Northwest Pacific)

noun:

• soot-colored bamboo (coloured)
• bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end) ➜ すす払い

noun:

• Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.) - archaism - honorific language
• Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓