expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

noun:

• institute for general research; multidiscipline laboratory

noun:

• flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness
• animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

noun:

• fabric used for a hakama; skirting ➜ 袴【はかま】

noun:

• meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc. - archaism

noun:

• integrated software - IT term

noun / ~の noun:

• a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

noun:

• office for rent; office to let

noun:

• private school for the study of English

noun:

• traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)

expression:

• being a guest for too long (e.g. of a neighbor)

noun:

• summons for directions (legal UK)

noun:

• danger zone for developing metabolic syndrome - From English "metabo-zone"

noun:

• public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• raining for days on end

noun:

• landslide; landslip

expression:

• for the general public

noun:

• kitchen knife for sashimi

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing

noun:

• special school for handicapped children

noun:

• matter for mutual congratulation

noun:

• five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• Minister for Culture and Tourism

noun:

• water left in buckets on the roadside during the summer for travellers