noun:

• continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)

adjectival noun:

• looking like one is in a good mood

noun:

• caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff

noun:

• Yama's pole (with a human head on the top) - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• promotional model (e.g. at a trade show); booth babe - abbreviation ➜ イベントコンパニオン

noun:

• bindi; Indian forehead decoration (often a red dot) - From Hindi

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)

noun / ~する noun:

• plan; device; scheme; program
• thoughts or suggestions about a law

noun / ~する noun:

• chasing down and capturing (a criminal, etc.) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)

noun:

• shade under a tree in full leaf
• summer

expression:

• if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming - traditional belief - obscure term - proverb

noun:

• running a start-up company after work or on weekends

noun:

• first stools passed by a newborn baby; meconium ➜ 胎便

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

noun:

• place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)

noun:

• something that will last a lifetime (esp. high quality product) ➜ 一生もの【いっしょうもの】

noun:

• family or brothel with a beautiful woman
• vermillion-lacquered mansion - orig. meaning

noun:

• doing or saying something a little stupid

noun / ~する noun:

• taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio) - abbreviation ➜ 自宅録音【じたくろくおん】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• doll onto which a child's misfortune is transferred - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• adding (e.g. an entry to a dictionary); listing; inclusion

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)