noun:

• invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)

noun:

• holding two positions at once (esp. of rikishi or judges who are also coaches) - Sumo term

noun:

• days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details

adjective:

• insufficient; not enough; lacking Antonym: 足りる
• dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load

noun:

• bu; traditional unit of area, approx. 3.31 square metres
• commission; percentage

suffix noun:

• exactly; precisely - following a unit of area (e.g. 町, 段, 畝)

noun:

• bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric) ➜ 烏帽子
• creases in an eboshi hat

expression / noun:

• heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)

noun:

• mixture of vinegar and some other flavouring (e.g. soy sauce, sugar, etc.)

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

noun:

• dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce ➜ ちり鍋

noun:

• crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)

noun:

• horizontally-wrapped fabric forming the bottom part of some traditional Japanese clothing

noun:

• flower circle (equiv. of gold star awarded to kids for good work at school) ➜ 二重丸

noun:

• knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor

noun:

• Little's disease (i.e. spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy)

noun:

• war started or ended with the push of a single 'launch' button - obscure term - From English "button war"

noun:

• place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

noun:

• Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)

noun:

• loss of a match that is 'called' part way into the game

expression / noun:

• longevity celebration (of age 42, 61, 70, 77, 80, 88, 90 or 99)

noun:

• (in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A) ➜ 黄鐘【おうしき】・十二律
• sixth lunar month

noun:

• temple bell
• (in Japan) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp) ➜ すい賓・十二律

noun:

• (in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F) ➜ 十二律・勝絶
• second lunar month

noun:

• eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke) - abbreviation ➜ 関東八州