noun:

• the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】

noun:

• supporter; cheerer (e.g. from the sidelines at a sporting event); rooter

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher) ➜ 裏方

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ おっぱいパブ

expression / noun:

• difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP

expression:

• even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking - proverb

expression:

• idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances - Buddhism term ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own Antonym: 団体行動

noun:

• intensive deliberation
• televised parliamentary debate for an important issue (esp. the budget)

noun:

• deadline (esp. in the entertainment industry); fixed ending time - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• buying by the carton (e.g. cigarettes, trading cards, etc.) - colloquialism

expression:

• May the Force be with you (Star Wars) ➜ フォースと共にあらんことを【フォースとともにあらんことを】

expression:

• May the Force be with you (Star Wars) ➜ フォースと共にあれ【フォースとともにあれ】

noun:

• merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period ➜ 文化文政時代

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera)
• to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.)
• to shift (position); to be slightly off

noun:

• enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities