noun:

• scion; cion; (horticultural) graft
• opportunity to continue a conversation

noun:

• consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

noun:

• (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

noun:

• ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)

noun:

• splint; brace; epithesis - Medicine term ➜ 副木【ふくぼく】
• splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop ➜ 支柱【しちゅう】

noun:

• palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier

noun:

• taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.)

noun:

• telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

noun:

• parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot - oft. adv. as おうむ返しに

noun / ~する noun:

• (endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet - idiom

noun:

• yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)

noun:

• young mother (i.e. early twenties or younger, sometimes previously a juvenile delinquent) - ヤン is from ヤンキー or ヤング ➜ ヤンキー・ヤング

noun:

• ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred) ➜ 浮遊霊

noun / ~する noun:

• joining elements so they mate or hook together (e.g. a clutch); engagement

noun:

• trehalose (used in foods as a sweetener, stabilizer and flavor enhancer) (stabiliser) (flavour)

noun:

• melody or flushing sound played by a Japanese toilet to mask excretion sounds

noun / ~する noun:

• (providing) covering fire - four character idiom
• supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)

noun:

• get-well card (gift, letter) - four character idiom
• visit to (inquiry after) a sick person

noun:

• the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment - four character idiom

noun:

• seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.

noun:

• staggered terms (applied to corporate directors as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

expression:

• easy; simple; even if you're an idiot or a simpleton [literal] - チョン is often a racist term for Koreans - sensitive ➜ チョン

noun:

• hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)