adjectival noun:

• refined; handsome and solid in character

noun:

• nuclear power village; tight-knit community of legislators, regulators and manufacturers involved in the promotion of nuclear power - derogatory term

noun:

• nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

noun:

• Gomphosus; genus of marine wrasse in the family Labridae

noun:

• CDE; Common Desktop Environment - IT term

noun:

• Japanese inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn

noun:

• pessimism; weariness with life

noun:

• Varanus; genus of carnivorous monitor lizards in the family Varanidae

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean

godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

noun:

• (Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit

noun:

• Lacerta (constellation); the Lizard

noun:

• helicopter money; stimulating the economy by distributing newly printed money to consumers - Economics term

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

expression:

• you can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre [literal] - proverb

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) - abbreviation ➜ マイミクシィ

noun:

• unqualified (incompetent) person; square peg in a round hole - four character idiom

noun:

• skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom
• child kabuki actor - orig. meaning - archaism

adjectival noun:

• selfish; with disregard for order or rules - archaism
• reckless; rash; careless - archaism
• loose; bawdy - archaism ➜ みだら
• irrational; illogical - archaism

expression:

• good luck!; all the best

noun:

• old evils; evils committed in a previous existence - Buddhism term

noun:

• loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root - Food term ➜ 泥鰌

~の noun / noun:

• wind-swept; exposed to the wind ➜ 吹き曝し

noun:

• Ginkgoaceae; family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo ➜ 銀杏【いちょう】

auxiliary:

• it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is... ➜ なのだ