noun / ~する noun:

• establishment of a family registry (separate from one's parents')

noun:

• faint or blurry way of writing with a brush ➜ 渇筆【かっぴつ】

noun:

• goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• pile of poo shaped like a soft-serve ice cream

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound - From English "mono-ruby"

noun:

• small territory ［しょうりょう］
• assistant director of a district (ritsuryo system) ➜ 次官【すけ】

noun:

• downshifter; someone who has decided to live a simpler life ➜ ダウンシフト

noun:

• Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) ➜ マジェラン鮎並【マジェランあいなめ】
• melody - abbreviation ➜ メロディー

suffix noun:

• section of a pop song - usu. Ａメロ, Ｂメロ, etc.

noun:

• drawing every character in a similar way; same face syndrome - manga slang

noun:

• white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon (noh)

noun:

• redeemable loyalty points (from a retailer) - From English "shop point"

noun:

• promise to repay a debt after achieving promotion or success

expression / noun:

• fishing, esp. using a net or trap; catching fish

noun:

• steamed bun shaped like a loach catcher ➜ どじょう掬い【どじょうすくい】

noun:

• parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached

noun / ~する noun:

• burying a dead person's personal belongings with the body

noun:

• discount aimed specifically at those attending a demonstration

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】

adverb:

• on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

noun:

• iron sight (on a gun, etc.)

noun:

• judicial review by a higher court without introducing new evidence - Law term

noun:

• win on the last discard of a round - Mahjong term

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism

noun:

• regular respondent to a periodical or radio program - slang