noun:

• operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion

expression / interjection:

• O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy - abbreviation ➜ 南無八幡大菩薩【なむはちまんだいぼさつ】

noun:

• Charis; Grace; minor goddess of charm, beauty, etc. - From Greek ➜ 三美神
• chalice (for Holy Communion) - early Japanese Christian term - From Portuguese ➜ 聖杯

noun:

• kabufuda; type of playing cards
• tag verifying merchant guild membership (Edo period) ➜ 株仲間【かぶなかま】

noun:

• foot towel; cloth for wiping the bottoms of one's feet

noun:

• mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar - Food term ➜ 返し【かえし】

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound ➜ モノルビ

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• preservation of obsolete machinery in a functional condition (e.g. train engines) ➜ 静態保存

noun / expression:

• three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 益者三友

noun:

• verbal command (in dog training) ➜ 視符
• sound part of a semasio-phonetic kanji ➜ 形声文字【けいせいもじ】

noun:

• protected designation of origin (France); AOC - From French "Appellation d'origine contrôlée"

noun:

• nowcast; prediction of the very near future (esp. one hour weather forecast)

noun:

• hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

noun:

• Kumbhanda; demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality - Buddhism term

noun:

• peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• spring; springtime
• New Year
• prime (of one's life, etc.)
• adolescence; puberty
• sexuality

noun:

• president (of a nation or company); chief executive
• big man; boss; buddy; mate - used vocatively; esp. of an actor - familiar language

noun / ~する noun:

• execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment; realization

noun:

• god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

noun / prefix noun:

• incredible; fantastic - also written ネ申 - slang

noun:

• "emperor of Japan" [figurative] - honorific language - archaism
• thunder - archaism

noun:

• eaves
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building ➜ 庇

noun:

• mama; mamma; mom; mommy; mum; mummy; mother
• female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

noun:

• fruit; nut
• seed
• (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
• content; substance

noun:

• native Japanese reading of a Chinese character ➜ 音【おん】

noun / suffix:

• precept; lesson; one's teachings ➜ 処世訓【しょせいくん】