noun:

• the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan ➜ 五畿・七道

adjectival noun / noun:

• strong-backed
• stubborn; persevering; tenacious
• viscous; elastic and sticky; chewy

noun:

• rank and social status (e.g. in the imperial family)

noun:

• fiscal and monetary policies of Takahashi Korekiyo in the 1930s

noun / ~の noun:

• living idly (i.e. doing nothing but eating and sleeping) - colloquialism

noun:

• mixture of air and hydrocarbon gas or vapour - Chemistry term

noun:

• cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice

noun:

• seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy ➜ 佃煮

noun:

• court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace - four character idiom

noun:

• alnico; iron alloy containing aluminum, nickel, and cobalt

noun:

• soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin - abbreviation ➜ 味付け玉子【あじつけたまご】

noun:

• mixed fertilizer, e.g. made from compost and burned soil

noun:

• yellowtail and daikon cooked with soy sauce - Food term

noun:

• warez; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software - slang - IT term

noun:

• proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles - four character idiom ➜ 医食同源

noun:

• andouillette; French sausage filled with pork and tripe - From French

expression / noun:

• before and after (e.g. photos) - From English "before after"

noun:

• winning hand consisting only of terminal and honor tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

noun:

• a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture - idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• picture-perfect; picturesque - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; to wake a sleeping child [literal]

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a line; to stand in a row
• to be equal

suffix:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.

noun:

• stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers) - esp. 重石 - abbreviation ➜ 重し石
• weight (as used in balances)