expression:

• baby-making machine (famously used by Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Yanagisawa Hakuo to refer to women)

noun:

• LOHAS; Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability; market segment made up of ecologically conscious consumers

noun:

• daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus, species of requiem shark found in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil)

noun:

• yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens, species of asian carnivorous monitor lizard found in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh)

noun:

• Reaganomics; economic policies of Ronald Reagan (i.e. reduction of taxes, spending, and market regulation)

noun:

• disaster hood; protective hood worn during earthquakes and other disasters (e.g. to protect from falling objects)

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - colloquialism

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺り

noun:

• sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne ➜ 本醸造【ほんじょうぞう】

noun:

• roadside land prices; price of land adjoining a major road, used to calculate inheritance and gift taxes

noun:

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

noun:

• pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) - Mahjong term

noun:

• pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony - Food term ➜ 懐石

noun / ~する noun:

• mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations

expression / ichidan verb:

• to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

noun / ~する noun:

• follow
• follow-up; following up - abbreviation
• backing-up; covering for; patching things up; support
• follow-up shot - Sports term

noun:

• tailwind; following wind - abbreviation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)
• to confuse; to mistake something for something else

noun:

• rolling pin for making horse chestnut noodles
• hurry; haste; comparison to someone making horse chestnut noodles which requires great haste

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
• (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
• to offer water before a grave

adverb:

• by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately; intentionally ➜ 好む

noun:

• clothes for wearing near home; casual clothes - From English "one mile wear"

noun / ~の noun:

• flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
• the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
• booming or peaking (in popularity)

expression:

• as far as the eye can reach; as far as the eye can see