noun:

• ijtihad (use of discretionary judgement in deducing a law not specified in scripture) - From Arabic

noun:

• love set; tennis set with a 6-0 result

noun / ~する noun:

• slipping (in boxing); down caused by a boxer slipping - Sports term - From English "slip down"

expression:

• knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage - proverb

noun:

• daughter; young lady - Izu Oshima dialect
• young man; eldest son - Tōhoku, Hokkaidō dialect
• passive role in a male homosexual relationship - prison slang ➜ 女役

noun:

• lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon

noun / ~する noun:

• verification of the authenticity of a document (e.g. by seal or handwriting) - obscure term

noun:

• small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept ➜ 仏間

noun:

• chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers (Edo-period women's hairstyle)

noun:

• sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus, a species of requiem shark) ➜ ヤジブカ

noun:

• bald spot (e.g. on a pet due to injury, stress, etc.); bald patch - colloquialism - obscure term

noun:

• roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

noun:

• what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.) - usu. as 〜のいい

noun:

• board games, card games etc. (played without a computer) - From English "analogue game" ➜ ボードゲーム

noun:

• open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

noun:

• low-ranking priest who does manual labour at a temple; male temple employee - Buddhism term ➜ 寺男

noun:

• addendum (to a treaty or contract); annex; annexure; appendix; subsidiary clause
• subordinate clause - Linguistics term

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb ➜ 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

noun:

• (Chinese) jump rope; jumping over a fixed elastic rope ➜ ゴム紐【ゴムひも】

noun:

• hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to prove one's innocence; to clear oneself of a false accusation

noun:

• employer from whom one has received a unofficial offer of employment; prospective employer

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - abbreviation ➜ リクルートラブ