noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

noun:

• black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century)
• product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc.

expression:

• tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sell well; to sell out
• to be in order
• to be sociable; to be worldly and understanding

noun / ~する noun:

• washing; laundry
• relaxing; taking a break - oft. as 命の洗濯

noun:

• change (for a purchase) - polite language ➜ 釣り

adverb / suffix:

• occasionally; once in a while

noun / ~する noun:

• applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

adverb:

• very; much; greatly; a lot of

noun:

• site; point on a map; spot

noun / ~する noun:

• interview (e.g. for a job)

noun / ~する noun:

• writing (e.g. as a profession)

noun / ~する noun:

• cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• stroke (of a kanji, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• defeat; lost battle; losing a war

noun:

• interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• first year (of a specific reign)

noun:

• interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.) ➜ 利子

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• enclosing (e.g. with a letter)

noun / ~する noun:

• point

noun:

• points (of a railway); switch

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• presentation (e.g. of a gift)

counter:

• counter for nights of a stay

noun:

• treetop; tip of a branch

noun:

• left-hand radical of a character ➜ 旁【つくり】