noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun:

• deferred pensioner; retired person who is not yet old enough to receive their pension

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• interesting (person, personality, manner); tasteful; pleasantly different; charming

expression:

• to have an interest (in something)

noun:

• Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

noun:

• top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less ➜ 精米歩合【せいまいぶあい】

noun:

• southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)

expression / noun:

• a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

noun:

• 17C male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)

expression / noun:

• superior; boss; higher-up
• them (as opposed to "us")
• person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

noun:

• group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex ➜ コンパ

noun:

• detailed written report; formal account (of steps taken in response to an incident, etc.)

noun:

• cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)

noun:

• device that plays a melody or flushing sound to mask excretion sounds ➜ 音姫

noun:

• denied freedom (of how to live one's life); living like a caged bird [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

noun:

• friends who sleep next to each other (without engaging in sexual activities)

noun:

• additional information used to identify an address (e.g. building name, room number)

noun:

• playing rock-paper-scissors to decide who will carry out a task ➜ じゃんけん

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese) ➜ 慣用音

noun:

• assistant; helper
• assistant (to a professor) ［じょしゅ］

noun / ~する noun:

• (practical) application; putting to practical use

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• applied ➜ 応用物理学【おうようぶつりがく】・応用言語学【おうようげんごがく】

noun:

• room to let; room for rent

noun:

• sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
• sacrifice (to the gods) ➜ 生け贄

noun / ~する noun:

• hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

noun / ~する noun:

• (death from) starvation; starving to death