noun:

• controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)

noun:

• tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

noun:

• pocket square; decorative handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit - From English "pocket (handker)chief"

noun / ~する noun:

• death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)

noun:

• person appointed by an electoral nominee to be in charge of their campaign-fund accounting

noun:

• (railway, bus, highway) route designed or designated to meet a specific problem
• countermeasure program (policy)

noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews - From English "recruit suit"

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

noun:

• case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

noun:

• Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies

noun:

• locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem - colloquialism - sensitive

noun:

• flux (substance mixed with a solid in order to lower its melting point); fusing agent

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment