noun:

• Parsee; Parsi (adherent of Zoroastrianism, esp. descendants of those who fled to India to escape persecution in Persia)

noun:

• the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election; children of (Junichiro) Koizumi [literal] - colloquialism ➜ ８３会【はちさんかい】

noun:

• autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

noun:

• Isogomphodon (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae with one extant species known as the daggernose shark)

noun:

• scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either
• still; as before
• even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same
• as expected

noun:

• part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout - Shintō term ➜ 紙相撲【かみずもう】

noun:

• self-serve system for toothbrushes, razors, etc. in business hotels - From English "amenity viking" ➜ バイキング

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ➜ 原文のまま【げんぶんのまま】

expression / noun:

• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】

noun:

• in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine

noun:

• city pop; Japanese music genre popular in the 1980's

adverb / ~する noun:

• refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ すっきり
• (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly; in a refined manner - onomatopoeia

expression:

• any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air
• to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

noun:

• in the morning; during the morning

noun:

• in the open; the open air

noun:

• Chinese book; book written in Chinese

noun:

• performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to order; to place in order - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• sun drying; drying in the sun

noun:

• late frost; frost in late spring ➜ 別れ霜【わかれじも】

noun:

• late frost; frost in late spring ➜ 忘れ霜【わすれじも】

noun:

• tree hollow; hollow in a tree