adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the other day; some time ago; recently

expression:

• prior to; in advance of ［さきだって］ ➜ 先立つ【さきだつ】

noun:

• reward; compensation; repayment; something done or given in return
• collateral; security
• turning to look behind

noun / ~の noun:

• upstart; nouveau riche; new rich; coming into wealth suddenly - derogatory term
• piece promoted to gold general - orig. meaning - Shōgi term ➜ 成る

conjunction / expression:

• to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

noun:

• losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover - Sumo term
• lame duck ➜ レームダック
• hopeless situation

~の noun / noun:

• modern; up-to-date - From French "nouveau"

noun:

• art nouveau - abbreviation ➜ アールヌーボー

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery; mysterious - onomatopoeia ➜ ぬうっと・ぼうっと

noun:

• bill; account
• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term

noun:

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

noun:

• children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped coloured glass ➜ 弾き【はじき】
• tiddlywink; counter

adjective:

• friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men

noun:

• student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ➜ 浪人

noun:

• going according to one's wishes ➜ 不如意【ふにょい】
• ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter) - Buddhism term

noun:

• high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

expression:

• not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing

noun:

• crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

noun:

• involvement of peer groups (Quality Assurance term)
• application to similar products
• grassroots (organization, development, movement)

noun:

• ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom

adjective:

• ominous; sinister; unlucky; ill-omened
• annoying - archaism
• appearing to be true; plausible - archaism

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

noun:

• Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period

noun:

• controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)

noun:

• tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

noun / ~する noun:

• death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)

noun:

• person appointed by an electoral nominee to be in charge of their campaign-fund accounting

noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)