noun / ~する noun:

• taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio) - abbreviation ➜ 自宅録音【じたくろくおん】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• doll onto which a child's misfortune is transferred - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• adding (e.g. an entry to a dictionary); listing; inclusion

noun:

• technique for catching gobies using a straw mat or basket - obscure term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

noun:

• single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath) - archaism ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)

noun:

• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine) ➜ 賢木

expression / adjectival noun:

• seeming to have a problem, issue, etc. ➜ 気【げ】・訳あり【わけあり】

noun:

• tossed coin (to a street performer or beggar)

noun:

• adhan; azan; Islamic call to prayer (usu. from a minaret) - From Arabic

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun:

• threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill - Architecture term ➜ 目草【まぐさ】

noun:

• shopping area within a train station

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat - obscure term - archaism

noun:

• sidemen; supporting musicians (in a jazz band, rock group, etc.)

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ コスプレ

expression / ~よい adjective:

• influential; powerful; popular; prosperous (when modifying a noun); doing well ➜ 羽振り

noun:

• goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• downshifter; someone who has decided to live a simpler life ➜ ダウンシフト

noun:

• drawing every character in a similar way; same face syndrome - manga slang

noun:

• white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon (noh)