noun:

• concealed pung; concealed three-of-a-kind - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子・暗刻子

prefix:

• ... years since construction; ... years old (of a building) - before a number of years, e.g. 築十年

suffix:

• built in ... - after a time, e.g. 1980年築

noun:

• zygnema; any freshwater filamentous thalloid algae of genus Zygnema

noun:

• Ryukyuan mission to Edo upon the change of the shogun ➜ 謝恩使

noun:

• Enhanced Fujita scale (of tornado intensity); EF-scale

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping in mind; taking note of; remembering; taking to heart

noun:

• pāramitā; perfection; perfection of Buddhist practices or attaining enlightenment - Buddhism term ➜ 波羅蜜

noun:

• special issue (of magazine, etc.); timeless edition; collector's edition

expression / noun:

• oil crisis of 1973-74; first oil shock ➜ オイルショック

noun:

• small ball; globule; bead; small vegetable or piece of fruit

noun / ~する noun:

• lighting a sacred flame by the light of the Sun

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pluck the strings of an instrument; to strum

noun:

• the part of a province furthest from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の中

noun:

• spray curing; curing of newly-poured and slightly hardened concrete

noun:

• (accidentally) peeing out of excitement; excitement urination - colloquialism ➜ 嬉しい・しょんべん

noun:

• melodic hardcore (subgenre of hardcore punk) - Music term

noun:

• ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival) ➜ 魂祭り【たままつり】・盂蘭盆

expression:

• more than a friend (implies a degree of intimacy)

noun:

• flourish (card trick)

noun / ~する noun:

• flourishing (esp. plants); prospering

noun:

• flourish (of trumpets) - Music term

noun:

• big fan (of something or someone); great fan

expression / suffix:

• no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen - after -masu stem of verb ➜ っこない

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose ➜ 重ね合わせ【かさねあわせ】

noun:

• coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin

noun:

• Sunshine Policy (South Korean policy of engaging with North Korea)

noun:

• Sunshine Policy (South Korean policy of engaging with North Korea) ➜ 太陽政策