noun:

• roster of the dead

noun:

• gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

noun:

• lacking the talent to do anything but eat - four character idiom

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

noun:

• the Hakone Mountains

noun:

• race against the clock; speedrun; time attack - From English ➜ スピードラン

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• eleventh day of the month
• eleven days

noun:

• creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")

expression / noun:

• the teachings of Confucius and Mencius

noun:

• the Van Allen (radiation) belt (layer)

noun:

• passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)

noun:

• will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

noun:

• the letters of Paul

expression:

• even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking - proverb

noun:

• the day after a holiday

expression:

• the source of all kinds of diseases ➜ 万病

noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom

noun:

• around-the-clock; (working) day and night - four character idiom

noun:

• the remainder of one's life

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• off the record

noun:

• the ears of the public

noun:

• four tassels hung above the ring - Sumo term