adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this; this and that

noun:

• Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers

noun:

• Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers - abbreviation ➜ 在留特別許可

noun:

• being deeply in debt; being up to one's ears in debt

noun:

• green eyebrow pencil; green-shaded eyebrows

noun / ~の noun:

• hazy green (distant mountains)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era
• (Western) pop song - early Showa era term

noun:

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

noun:

• gluing by hand; gambling without money (on the understanding that losses shall be covered later)

noun:

• expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history - four character idiom

expression:

• the phenomenon that perfect reasoning fails if an idiot cannot understand it

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

expression:

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

expression / adverb:

• far away in the distance; in the far distance

noun:

• representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun:

• Three Mountains of Yamato (Mt. Miminashi, Mt. Kagu, and Mt. Unebi) ➜ 大和

noun:

• pushing something out; extrusion
• presence; appearance
• run walked in - Baseball term
• pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them - Sumo term

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

noun:

• carpal (any of the bones of the carpus in the wrist)

noun:

• one's heart of hearts; the depths of one's mind

noun:

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

interjection:

• thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal - colloquialism ➜ ごちそうさま