noun:

• safety device for the aged that calls for help if not activated periodically - From English "silver online"

noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon) ➜ 正典
• non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings) - usu. げてん - Buddhism term ➜ 内典

noun:

• land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil

noun / ~する noun:

• giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]

noun:

• Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC ➜ 神武

noun:

• stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter
• behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

noun:

• mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

noun:

• keeper of imperial archives
• worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

noun:

• raised leg; lifting a leg
• upturn (in the market) ［上げ足・上足］ Antonym: 下げ足
• sitting cross-legged - archaism

noun:

• tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

noun:

• apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping - four character idiom

noun:

• troubles brought on by what one has written; incident occasioned by a serious slip of the pen - four character idiom

noun:

• Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)

noun:

• creole (pidgin which has become a mother tongue) - From French
• Creole (person of mixed ancestry, esp.in the Caribbean)

noun:

• battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position - Sumo term

~の noun / noun:

• existing (at the present moment) ➜ 在る【ある】

adjectival noun / noun:

• alright; acceptable; passable - colloquialism

~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have ➜ 在る【ある】・在る【ある】

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• fiber to the x (generic term for any network architecture that uses optical fiber) (fibre); FTTx

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

godan ~く verb:

• to have a facial tattoo (esp. one around the eye, one form of punishment in ancient Japan) - was v4k - archaism - obscure term