noun:

• Mazu; Chinese goddess of the sea

noun:

• fire-holding qualities; length of time a fire burns

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない

noun:

• (incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony ➜ 香道

noun / expression:

• schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others - short for 他人の不幸で今日も飯がうまい - vulgar - slang - abbreviation

expression:

• before anything else; first of all

noun:

• jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

noun:

• Diet members' caucus; caucus of the Diet - abbreviation ➜ 議員連盟

expression / adjective:

• timid; faint of heart

noun:

• ability in the bedroom; art of lovemaking ➜ 房中術

noun:

• melancholy air; anxious look; traces of sorrow; gloom

noun:

• school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)

noun / ~する noun:

• renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking

expression / adverb:

• indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

noun:

• experimental design; design of experiments

noun:

• Carcharhinidae; family of migratory live-bearing requiem sharks ➜ レクイエムシャーク

noun:

• aiueo-order; order of the kana syllabary

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• ten to one; nine cases out of ten - four character idiom

noun:

• Hemipristis; genus of the weasel shark family Hemigaleidae

noun:

• little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term

interjection:

• oh my, oh my!; expression of strong emotion or surprise

noun:

• adventure story; novel of adventure

noun:

• Dasein; philosophical concept introduced by Heidegger

noun:

• communications partner; entity at the end of a communication - IT term

noun:

• ancient ways; the feelings of the ancients