noun:

• three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary ➜ 大臣【だいじん】・副大臣・政務官

noun:

• Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures - Buddhism term
• Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation - Buddhism term

noun:

• abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant); maw; rennet-bag

noun:

• squatter; person who occupies a building or land without title or permission

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

noun:

• legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school)
• parent-teacher's meeting

expression / ~する noun:

• leaping over multiple steps in stairs (e.g. when in a hurry) - as ２段飛ばし, ３段飛ばし, etc.

noun:

• skinny man; shabby-looking man
• noh mask representing a male ghost

noun:

• discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile - Mahjong term ➜ 振り込み

noun:

• grounds of a Shinto shrine
• enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke) - oft. in the form of ...にも程がある to criticize something as being unacceptable

noun:

• mochikinchaku; glutinous rice in a pouch of fried tofu, used in oden ➜ 巾着【きんちゃく】

noun:

• actual printing stock; paper stock used for a final print run

noun:

• substitute fish; using an alternative fish variety instead of a traditional one

noun:

• jatropha (member of a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family)

noun:

• last issue (of a magazine, etc. which has suspended publication); final issue

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term

noun:

• local cuisine; local delicacy; popular food from a particular area ➜ ご当地【ごとうち】・グルメ

noun:

• climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope

noun:

• cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk

noun:

• Hojo clan symbol; Hojo family crest (three triangles in a triangular pattern)

noun:

• digital pachinko; deji pachi; pachinko machine with a screen showing play scores - from デジタル and パチンコ

noun:

• debt bondage (ritsuryo system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt

noun:

• meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get a big surprise; to be astonished