noun / ~の noun:

• rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

noun:

• successive generations
• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - abbreviation ➜ 譜代大名

noun:

• lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method

noun:

• good offices; auspices; sponsorship; help; assistance
• village official (during the Edo period)

noun:

• large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus) - four character idiom ➜ 撫子
• woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

noun:

• matching dice; doublets
• bet on two horses in the same bracket
• repdigit; monodigit - Mathematics term

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 孟母三遷の教え【もうぼさんせんのおしえ】

noun:

• polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction - four character idiom

noun:

• harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying - From English "power harassment"

noun:

• someone who plays the part of a 'heel' (bad guy) in wrestling, films, etc. ➜ ヒール

expression / adjective:

• completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom

noun:

• Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)

noun:

• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)

expression:

• expression of humility said by the person who provided a meal after it is eaten - humble language ➜ お粗末

noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 入れ子

noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) - obscure term ➜ 櫓杭

noun:

• (in China) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp) ➜ 十二律・鳧鐘
• fifth lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・双調
• fourth lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・平調
• first lunar month

noun:

• second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China) ➜ 十二律・断吟
• twelfth lunar month

noun:

• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) - archaism

noun:

• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

noun:

• rapid pace at which the information technology field moves - From English "dog year"
• dog's ear ➜ ドッグイヤ

noun:

• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

noun:

• rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene