noun:

• type Japanese folkloric monster (yokai), thought to be a trio of weasels who appear in a whirlwind to cut their victim
• cut caused by whirlwind

noun:

• humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy ➜ 謙譲語Ｉ

noun:

• fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample
• allegiance test; loyalty test - idiom

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese religious group responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

expression:

• things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)

expression / adverb:

• in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

noun:

• central pillar (of a building)
• mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man

expression:

• enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years [literal] - proverb

noun:

• eldest son - archaism ➜ 長男
• older brother; older sister - archaism
• older person - archaism
• head of a clan; head of a region - archaism ➜ 氏上
• skilled craftsman - archaism

noun:

• digital perm; hot perm; perm using hot rods regulated by a machine with a digital display

noun:

• subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; testee ［被験者］
• examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)

noun:

• shaved head; person with a shaved head - From English "skinhead"
• skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism

godan ~つ verb:

• to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace [literal] - idiom

noun:

• tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room
• dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase
• to buy up (all of something)

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a spectacular photograph (often of the female form); taking a photo at just the right moment - colloquialism

noun:

• powerful photograph; intense photograph

ichidan verb:

• to mark a stage, movie set, etc. with tape to indicate positions of actors, furniture, equipment, etc.; to block a set - from 場を見る - slang

noun:

• being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reception (e.g. of a radio station)
• reputation; renown; fame; hearsay
• impression (that something gives off); respectability
• sonority - Linguistics term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to profit; to get; to earn; to gain
• to have (bear, beget) a child
• to have a stroke of luck

noun / ~する noun:

• change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

noun:

• texture; "grain" of a fabric or cloth; direction of the loom or weave in a roll of fabric

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business) - idiom ➜ 閑古鳥

~する verb (spec.):

• to intensify
• to be excited; to fly into a rage; to get into a passion
• to dash against
• to encourage