noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun / ~する noun:

• provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service ➜ 学校給食【がっこうきゅうしょく】

noun:

• skin
• condom - colloquialism
• skin (e.g. alternative look and feel for interface of a program) - IT term

noun:

• turret; watchtower
• high wooden stage; scaffolding
• wooden frame (of a kotatsu) ➜ 炬燵
• weapons storehouse - archaism

noun:

• (one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• initial; first

noun / ~する noun:

• beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

noun:

• sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster); engulfing
• sweeping victory; clean sweep

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を貸す

noun:

• very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger - four character idiom

noun:

• motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); motorized bicycle ➜ 原付

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

noun:

• Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

noun:

• Hakuho period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)

noun:

• pip (spot on a die)
• small cube (esp. of food); die; dice

noun / ~する noun:

• trot; half run; jog

noun:

• girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

noun:

• coupling
• shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

noun / ~する noun:

• stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】