noun:

• face sheet (top copy); questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile

expression:

• indication that a page or site may be linked without restriction - From English "link free"

noun:

• off-flavor; bitterness or other unpleasant taste that detracts from the flavour of a drink

noun:

• second life (esp. that of a retiree)
• SecondLife (online virtual world)

noun:

• vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind) - Buddhism term

noun:

• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words

noun:

• shop that carries a selection of products from several different brands - From English "select shop"

noun:

• swimming pool that is open at night (esp. for a party) - From English "night pool"

noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

expression:

• I am sure; no doubt that; must; must have (done)

noun:

• wintry mountain
• mountain that is often climbed during the winter

noun:

• "pocket Hello Kitty" that combines a pedometer and a tamagotchi - abbreviation

noun:

• yesterday and today - four character idiom
• (something that happened) only yesterday (just recently)

noun:

• today and yesterday - four character idiom
• (something that happened) only yesterday (just recently)

noun:

• style of garden that features a path around a pond - obscure term

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be (in contrast to something that is not the case) - である with は ➜ である

expression / suffix:

• no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen - after -masu stem of verb

noun:

• dehiscent fruit (fruit that opens when ripe, i.e. peas)

expression:

• the biggest fish is always the one that got away - proverb

expression:

• the biggest fish is always the one that got away - proverb