noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

expression / auxiliary verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating the speaker's personal recollection or something they've heard (e.g. "was", "wasn't it?", "is said to have ...", etc.) - archaism

noun:

• Japan surgeonfish (Acanthurus japonicus, Indo-West Pacific species of tang found from Indonesia to the Philippines and Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

noun / ~の noun:

• (one's) master
• Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) ［しゅ］
• the main thing; the majority; the primary concern ［しゅ］ ➜ 主たる・主として

noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done three times) ➜ 一本締め【いっぽんじめ】

noun / ~する noun:

• searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc. - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 結婚活動

noun:

• involuntary upgrade; operational upgrade; free upgrade to business or first class on an overbooked flight

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year - four character idiom

noun:

• voluntary insurance; optional insurance; extra insurance; vehicle insurance in addition to the basic mandatory insurance ➜ 強制保険

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to

noun / adjectival noun:

• forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium

noun:

• within a dream; while dreaming

noun:

• stamina; endurance; physical strength; resilience; resistance to disease
• strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

noun:

• point worthy of note; highlight (e.g. in a film); thing to note
• good prospects for the future; promise

noun / ~する noun:

• passing on to the next life - Buddhism term
• death
• giving up a struggle; submission
• being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
• coercion

noun / ~する noun:

• electric short-circuit
• drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly

noun:

• divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
• kamikaze ［かみかぜ］

noun:

• appearance; look; countenance
• a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune ➜ 女難の相
• aspect - Linguistics term
• phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous) - Physics term

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

noun:

• crib sheet; cheat sheet - From English "cunning paper"
• large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.

expression:

• it is wiser to make money steadily over time; light gains make heavy purse; better small takings than a large win [literal]

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation)
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)

noun:

• blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 四神

noun:

• Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae) ➜ 蓬・アルテミシア属