noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 特定アジア

noun:

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

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to be frugal; to be sparing
• to value; to hold dear
• to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
• to be unwilling; to be reluctant

noun:

• beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) - archaism
• hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 獣狩り

noun:

• hit
• success
• guess; prediction
• affability; friendliness
• sensation; touch
• bruise (on fruit)
• situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike - also written as 魚信 ➜ 魚信

suffix:

• per; each

ichidan verb:

• to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

noun:

• end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin
• beginning; start; first
• odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun:

• light Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants ➜ 惣菜【そうざい】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

~する verb (spec.):

• to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

expression / noun:

• showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)

noun:

• oxygen absorber; oxygen scavenger; small packet placed in packaged food to absorb oxygen and prevent oxidation

noun:

• minigame; mini game; subgame; microgame; short and simple video game
• practice game, usu. with reduced players - Sports term

noun:

• reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house
• State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)

noun:

• type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相店【あいだな】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相店【あいだな】

expression / adjective:

• having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; at one's wit's end

expression:

• to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• calendar reform; adoption of new calendar system

noun:

• new calendar (for a new year); new year

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture - idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• picture-perfect; picturesque - idiom

expression:

• (as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; fact - from ことでは
• (it is a ~) thing; matter; fact - from ことじゃ, equiv. to ことだ - Kansai dialect