noun:

• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows - Mahjong term

noun:

• furlough; leave of absence

noun:

• ASMR video; genre of video that exploits autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) to induce tingling, comfort, or sleepiness in the listener

noun:

• contract law; law of contract - Law term

noun:

• the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime - four character idiom

noun:

• gambling game; game of chance ➜ 博打

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches ➜ 目が眩む

noun:

• Cupedidae; family of beetles

expression:

• one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

noun:

• Sho clan; royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom

noun:

• (tip section of) chicken wing; second segment of chicken wing ➜ 手羽元

noun:

• apostille; stamp or certificate of public document authentication in accordance with Hague Convention XII

noun:

• (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees
• (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

noun:

• Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk - Buddhism term

noun:

• finger Braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter ➜ 点字【てんじ】

~の noun:

• curved; forming the shape of an arch

noun:

• word-hunting; search for and censorship of politically incorrect words

noun:

• something somebody said; nature of something somebody said - honorific language

noun:

• crushed rice; tiny pieces of rice

noun:

• mi; 3rd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• PET bottle syndrome; insulin deficiency allegedly caused by high consumption of drinks from plastic bottles

noun:

• ingredients; list of ingredients - on a food label

noun:

• every preparation possible; all aspects of the preparation

noun:

• light rain; rain falling at a time of sadness

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people