noun / ~する noun:

• recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)

expression / adverb:

• at the very beginning; first of all; before anything else; first and foremost

noun:

• queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii); titanka; puya de Raimondi

expression:

• it's the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan's fault; LDP-blamer - from 自民が ..; used to mock critics of the LDP - slang - derogatory term ➜ 自民党

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]

noun:

• black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century)
• product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arms length; giving a wide berth
• avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from
• giving the batter an "intentional walk" - Baseball term

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

noun / ~する noun:

• guidance; leading (the way); showing around
• information; notice; notification
• announcement (of one's arrival)
• invitation
• acquaintance; knowledge

noun:

• last moment; eleventh hour - idiom
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period - orig. meaning

noun:

• (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat
• follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)

prefix:

• honorific prefix referring to the listener - archaism - honorific language

suffix / counter:

• counter for buddhas

noun:

• photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends - abbreviation - From English "print club"

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun:

• refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month ➜ 田遊び

noun:

• starfish; sea star; asteroid; any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea
• northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)

noun:

• six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

noun / ~する noun:

• discarding; abandoning - archaism - Buddhism term
• variety of street performance from the Middle Ages ［ほうか］
• casting off one's attachments (in Zen) ［ほうげ］

noun:

• miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke ➜ 片山貝

noun / ~する noun:

• bringing up a matter; discussion; debate; submission (e.g. a measure); referral (e.g. bill to a committee); placing (e.g. item on an agenda)

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to slash back
• to strike back; to counterattack; to retort
• to cut the wheel
• to perform a twisting backward knee trip - Sumo term ➜ 切り返し

noun:

• one sheet; one page; one leaf
• one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant)
• one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.) - also written as 一挺, 一梃
• one cho (unit of distance, 109.09 m)
• one game; one task

adverbial noun:

• well then; come then