noun:

• life force, blood, and colourless bodily fluids (three elements that constitute an organism according to traditional Chinese medicine)

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく ➜ クッションワード

adverb:

• straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly; at once

noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

noun:

• apartment too small to be legally rented out, and hence let as office or storage space

noun:

• flesh
• meat
• the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) ［にく］
• thickness ［にく］
• ink pad ［にく］ ➜ 印肉

adverb:

• first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now
• hardly (with neg. verb)

noun / ~する noun:

• dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

noun:

• particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word - Linguistics term

noun:

• administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something

noun:

• diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• accepting a challenge; returning fire; fighting back; putting up a fight; responding to an attack

noun / ~する noun:

• sowing beans (or pulses, etc.)
• scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits) ➜ 節分

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

noun:

• judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.

noun:

• pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc. ➜ 愛称【あいしょう】

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter

noun / ~する noun:

• going from door to door greeting relatives and friends
• complimentary visit for the New Year

noun:

• unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods

noun:

• bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo) - Martial Arts term

adjectival noun / noun:

• contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss
• short of money; in financial difficulty