noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

noun:

• zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

noun:

• nap room (e.g. for doctors in an emergency ward, or firefighters in a fire station)

expression:

• making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; giving a metal rod to an ogre [literal] - idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• round coin with a (square) hole in the center - colloquialism
• coin made of non-precious materials
• money

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• weaverbird; weaver (any of a number of birds in family Ploceidae that weave elaborate nests)

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

noun:

• form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽

noun:

• switch (long, tender shoot of a plant) - archaism
• switch (cane used for flogging) ➜ 笞【しもと】

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

noun:

• large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)

noun:

• copy holder; stand for holding papers during typing, etc. - IT term
• glass part of a scanner, copier, etc. - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.

prefix:

• great; grand; large - archaism
• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior - also written as 正 ➜ 従【ひろき】

noun / adjectival noun:

• a great deal; very much ➜ 大きに

expression:

• large; heavy; massed; quite a lot; large amount; sizable (e.g. sum) ➜ 纏まる
• definite; coherent; congruous; unitary

noun:

• conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train - From English "one-man car"

noun:

• haggis (traditional Scottish dish made from a sheep's offal cooked in the animal's stomach)

noun:

• Alan Smithee (pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project); Allen Smithee

noun:

• first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being ➜ 本門