expression:

• easy; simple; even if you're an idiot or a simpleton [literal] - チョン is often a racist term for Koreans - sensitive ➜ チョン

noun:

• fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

noun:

• ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien

noun:

• short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

noun:

• hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

~と adverb:

• with a crunching or grinding sound - onomatopoeia
• quickly; promptly; abruptly; simply; efficiently
• crispily; crunchily ➜ さくさく

noun:

• replying to someone's email after a long delay; slow response - slang ➜ レス

noun:

• primary nursing care requirement authorization (a 5-level graded system under health insurance) ➜ 介護保険制度

noun:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 駄目で元々

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

expression:

• being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it [literal] - idiom

noun:

• standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)

noun:

• drink; drinking - abbreviation
• spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.)
• stock market bucketing
• bookmaking

noun:

• Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni) - obscure term - From Latin "Eoanthropus" ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ

noun:

• soup of soumen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth

noun / ~する noun:

• ding-dong dash (ringing a doorbell and running away)

noun:

• literary form imparting a formal written nuance (with sentences ending in "de aru") ➜ だ体

noun:

• kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove - obscure term

noun:

• hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) - archaism

noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

noun / ~する noun:

• placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.) - From English "rank in"

noun:

• yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of a trigram) ➜ 卦