noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• relief; reassurance

noun / ~する noun:

• recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.) ➜ 本領安堵
• living safely surrounded by walls - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• (courteous) invitation; call

~する noun:

• to invite (with the utmost courtesy, e.g. an expert or professor to give a lecture)

noun:

• rising intonation; upward inflection
• rising (sales, tendency, etc.); getting better; improvement
• feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar ➜ 逆上がり

noun:

• Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis)
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

noun:

• simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

noun:

• being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop - sensitive
• upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat - archaism

noun:

• bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

noun / ~する noun:

• striding; swaggering; strutting
• lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

noun:

• mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard
• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles) ➜ 蟒草

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

noun / ~する noun:

• revenge
• making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time ➜ リターンマッチ

expression:

• constant dripping wears away the stone; little strokes fell great oaks; limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats - four character idiom

noun:

• getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) ➜ 漫画

noun:

• intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

expression:

• even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed [literal] - abbreviation ➜ 鬼も十八番茶も出花

expression:

• just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth ➜ 番茶も出花

expression / adjective:

• simple (e.g. matter); problem free
• hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

noun:

• (entering into) nirvana

suffix noun:

• used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent; tranquil - usu. せき

noun:

• surrounding area ［へ・べ］ - archaism
• shore (of the sea) ［へ・べ］

suffix:

• suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. - esp. え,べ

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

expression:

• if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears; the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass [literal]

noun:

• tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance)
• sleight of hand; magic