noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun:

• newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)

noun:

• threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill - Architecture term ➜ 目草【まぐさ】

noun:

• shopping area within a train station

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat - obscure term - archaism

noun:

• sidemen; supporting musicians (in a jazz band, rock group, etc.)

expression / ~よい adjective:

• influential; powerful; popular; prosperous (when modifying a noun); doing well ➜ 羽振り

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment of a family registry (separate from one's parents')

noun:

• faint or blurry way of writing with a brush ➜ 渇筆【かっぴつ】

noun:

• goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• pile of poo shaped like a soft-serve ice cream

noun:

• small territory ［しょうりょう］
• assistant director of a district (ritsuryo system) ➜ 次官【すけ】

noun:

• Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) ➜ マジェラン鮎並【マジェランあいなめ】
• melody - abbreviation ➜ メロディー

suffix noun:

• section of a pop song - usu. Ａメロ, Ｂメロ, etc.

noun:

• drawing every character in a similar way; same face syndrome - manga slang

noun:

• white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon (noh)

noun:

• redeemable loyalty points (from a retailer) - From English "shop point"

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners

noun:

• promise to repay a debt after achieving promotion or success

expression / noun:

• fishing, esp. using a net or trap; catching fish

noun:

• steamed bun shaped like a loach catcher ➜ どじょう掬い【どじょうすくい】

noun:

• parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached

noun / ~する noun:

• burying a dead person's personal belongings with the body

noun:

• discount aimed specifically at those attending a demonstration

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】