noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be stranded; to lose means of transportation

noun:

• Styracaceae; storax family of plants

noun / ~する noun:

• please accept (this); used to refer to another's acceptance of one's present - humble language ➜ ご笑納・つまらない物ですが

noun:

• Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)

expression:

• for money; just for money; by means of money; by force of money

adverb:

• suddenly; all of a sudden

noun:

• Aequidens; genus of fish in the family Cichlidae

noun:

• Petromyzon; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

noun:

• heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat

noun:

• cotton garment; clothes made out of cotton - archaism ➜ 綿服

noun:

• thank-you letter; letter of apology

noun:

• sale deed; bill of sale

expression:

• being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom

expression:

• fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things - idiom

noun:

• Paussidae; family of beetles

expression / noun:

• universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof - WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination - four character idiom

noun:

• Bromeliales; order of flowering plants

noun:

• over-demanding parents; parents who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parents" ➜ モンスターペアレント

expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

noun:

• policy favouring major powers (favoring); policy of great powers favorable only to themselves - four character idiom

noun:

• (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world - four character idiom

noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese

noun:

• suede; leather using the underside of the skin ➜ スエード
• piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.