noun:

• Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

noun:

• Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray

noun:

• Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) ➜ 厚生労働省

noun:

• second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year ➜ 上半期

noun / ~する noun:

• intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha

noun:

• first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring

noun:

• day of the boar in the month of the boar (the 10th month) ➜ 亥の子の祝

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of ➜ あんな・こんな・どんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - Hiroshima dialect ➜ そんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ そんな

noun / ~する noun:

• preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

noun / suffix noun:

• corner; nook; recess

noun:

• downstage right (on a noh stage) ［角］ - obscure term ➜ 目付柱

noun / suffix noun:

• pillow; bolster
• introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

noun / ~する noun:

• holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

noun / ~する noun:

• cut; cutting
• haircut
• shuffle (cards); shuffling

noun:

• scene; shot (in a movie)

noun / ~する noun:

• expedition; (military) campaign
• tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit

noun:

• waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae ➜ 短歌

noun / ~する noun:

• forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy

noun:

• hush money - abbreviation ➜ 口止め料

noun:

• zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

noun:

• helper; supporter; second; backer
• foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)

noun / ~する noun:

• hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.) - children's language

noun / ~する noun:

• indisposition (e.g. a cold) caused by getting chilled while sleeping

noun:

• deposit (esp. on renting a house); security money; bond payment; guarantee

noun / ~の noun:

• becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ マンネリズム