noun:

• merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)

noun / adjectival noun:

• pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

noun / ~の noun:

• a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• entry (esp. to vehicles); entrance
• equipage for restraining and mounting horses ［のりくち］ - archaism

noun:

• Japan
• Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture ［おおやまと］ ➜ 大和

noun:

• groups of hiragana characters which are arranged to look like a face

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil something until it is done (e.g. vegetables) ➜ 茹で上がる【ゆであがる】

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

noun:

• 1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• post-retirement return to one's home town and carrying out agricultural pursuits

noun:

• land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• flowers and water offered to Buddha - Buddhism term
• irrigation of a rice field during flowering

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

expression / noun:

• video game in which the player is likely to die frequently - slang ➜ ゲー

noun:

• eyrir; Icelandic monetary unit equal to 1/100 króna - From Icelandic ➜ クローナ

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to the previous page (in an internet browser) - colloquialism - From English "browser back"

noun:

• demon drums; type of drumming performance done to ward off ogres ➜ 鬼

noun:

• treating a metal surface to make it look worn and aged; antique finish

noun / ~する noun:

• falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out ➜ うたた寝【うたたね】