noun:

• Brexit; withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

noun:

• pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt - From Turkish "paşa"

~と adverb / adverb:

• click; sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと

noun:

• large head; person with a large head

noun:

• Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

noun:

• Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole ➜ 下駄【げた】

noun:

• European beech (Fagus sylvatica); common beech

noun / ~する noun:

• Galapagosization; widespread design of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species

noun:

• property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it ➜ 特別地方公共団体【とくべつちほうこうきょうだんたい】

noun:

• moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics) - four character idiom

noun:

• visitor's gallery; seats for the public

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to surface; to come to the top
• to stand out (e.g. against a background)

noun:

• guide to office routine; guide to the performance of official duties - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to talk down; to corner someone in an argument

noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

noun:

• egg dishes; food prepared with eggs

noun:

• monjayaki; savoury pancake with various fillings, thinner than okonomiyaki ➜ お好み焼き

noun / ~する noun:

• error termination; terminate with error - IT term

noun / ~の noun:

• British made; made in Britain

noun:

• writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• Oreochromis; genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae

expression / adverb:

• about here; in this neighborhood ➜ ここら辺り【ここらあたり】

noun:

• monster cat; cat with magical powers