noun / ~の noun:

• pension (esp. public servant's)

noun:

• a lord giving a land holding to a vassal - archaism ➜ 恩地

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold (the opponent) in the arms and carry him out of the ring

noun / ~の noun:

• this world; the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead)

noun:

• (over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

noun:

• Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan ➜ 琉球諸島

noun:

• pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms ➜ 日本国憲法

noun:

• snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop

noun:

• chemical reaction used to detect residue from gunshots
• gunpowder residue; gun shot residue; GSR - colloquialism

expression / noun:

• lost decade; decade of economic stagnation
• decade in Japan from 1992 to 2002

noun / ~する noun:

• scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously
• dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

noun / ~する noun:

• notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration)
• being well versed (in something) ➜ 精通

noun:

• origin; source; authority
• birthplace ［しゅっしょ］

noun / ~する noun:

• release (discharge) from prison ［しゅっしょ］

noun:

• exit; point of departure ［でどころ・でどこ］
• time to take action ［でどころ・でどこ］

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

noun:

• Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom) ➜ 本占地
• euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.) ➜ 平茸

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term

noun:

• one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it - four character idiom

noun:

• foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 大禍時

noun:

• plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

noun:

• bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

noun:

• fiery chariot - Buddhism term
• kasha (mythical beast said to devour dead bodies)
• (in China) train (i.e. steam locomotive)
• vile old hag - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 火車婆

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく - obscure term - From English "cushion word"

noun:

• long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
• wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick