noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow) ➜ 襖【ふすま】・障子

noun:

• miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older brother figure - familiar language

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) brother ➜ お兄さん

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older sister figure - familiar language ➜ 兄【にい】

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) sister ➜ お姉さん

noun:

• stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side ➜ 襴・闕腋
• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials

noun:

• flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit
• name and reality ［はなみ］
• form and content; appearance and substance ［かじつ］ - esp. in poetry

noun:

• top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends

~の noun / noun:

• upside-down ➜ 上下になる

noun:

• yin (i.e. the negative) Antonym: 陽
• unseen location (i.e. somewhere private) ➜ 陰に

noun / ~する noun:

• meeting and parting; gathering and scattering; alignment and realignment; alternating alliance and rupture; alternating cooperation and defection - four character idiom

noun:

• discrete set - Mathematics term

noun:

• (incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony ➜ 香道

particle:

• or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options)
• ... or ... - usu. in the form ...なり...なり
• as soon as; right after - after dictionary form verb
• while still; with previous state still in effect - after past tense verb

noun:

• secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards - from ジャズ read backwards - Linguistics term

noun:

• safety glasses (esp. more fashionable models used in public for protection against pollen, UV rays, etc.) - From English "eye-care glass"

noun:

• territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books - From English "head band" ➜ 花布

noun:

• dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

expression / adverb:

• more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

noun:

• government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation

noun:

• one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

adverb:

• gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

noun:

• wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection - four character idiom

noun:

• fry-simmering; cooking by first briefly deep-frying, then simmering in broth - Food term
• fry-simmered food; fried food in broth - Food term