noun:

• ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces ➜ 甲骨文字

noun:

• soba noodles eaten on New Year's Eve ➜ 蕎麦

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

noun / ~する noun:

• watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert

noun:

• guard; watchmen

noun:

• sky pattern on a calm and clear day of spring

suffix noun / prefix noun / noun:

• food with dressing on it (e.g. salad) - when a suffix, follows a word indicating the type of dressing ➜ 和える

noun:

• Yama's pole (with a human head on the top) - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• breast
• rounded part on the upper end of shamisen neck

noun:

• harassment or bullying based on age - From English "aging harassment"

noun:

• running a start-up company after work or on weekends

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

noun:

• Japanese-style desk (short, used while sitting on the floor)

noun:

• young mottled spinefoot pickled in salt (usu. served on tofu) - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 藍子

noun:

• high fan speed (setting on air conditioner)
• squall; sudden gust

noun:

• cry of earthworms (heard on autumn nights and rainy days)

noun / ~の noun:

• (actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• jizya (historical Islamic tax levied on non-Muslims); jezia; jezya - From Arabic

noun:

• fish served with white rice on New Year's eve ➜ 年取り

noun:

• eggslut; breakfast dish based on coddled egg and pureed potato - Food term

adverb:

• on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

noun:

• iron sight (on a gun, etc.)

expression:

• parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others' - proverb ➜ 親の欲目【おやのよくめ】

noun:

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