noun:

• Tarui accent, used in the Kinki region and parts of Hokuriku

noun:

• paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc. ➜ 練り味噌

noun:

• scraps of food, batter, etc. remaining in deep-frying oil ➜ 天かす

adjectival noun / noun:

• well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good ➜ 利口【りこう】

noun:

• mixture of vinegar and some other flavouring (e.g. soy sauce, sugar, etc.) - Food term ➜ 合わせ酢

noun:

• fleur de sel; variety of sea salt - From French

noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Kansai dialect - Food term ➜ どぶ漬け【どぶづけ】

noun:

• rod used to ward off calamities (usu. made of holly olive) - archaism

noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 生チョコレート

noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.

noun:

• solipsism; philosophical idea that nothing outside of one's own mind really exists

noun:

• kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break)

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

noun:

• darling (only of a woman); dear; honey; my betrothed - archaism - familiar language
• one's sister - archaism
• friend - archaism - familiar language - female language

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan - sensitive

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 虫干し

noun / adjectival noun:

• pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

noun:

• government rules on structure, staffing, etc. of local bodies (e.g. police force)

noun:

• diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium ➜ 陰陽道【おんみょうどう】

noun:

• Prunus kanzakura (species of winter-blooming cherry tree) ➜ 冬桜【ふゆざくら】
• Chinese primrose (Primula sinensis)

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

noun:

• attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid

noun:

• groups of hiragana characters which are arranged to look like a face

expression / noun:

• formal complaint (regarding conduct of a criminal case); appeal for reconsideration; protest - Law term