noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

noun:

• sprouting; budding

noun / interjection:

• crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation - also written 萌ゑ - slang

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun:

• prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• easy to get on with; not needing reserve or formality; personable; affable; approachable ➜ 気の置けない

noun:

• hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

noun:

• mufti; Muslim legal expert entitled to make decisions on points of Islamic law - From Arabic "mufti"

noun:

• dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings) ➜ 鈍い【にぶい】

expression:

• being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it [literal] - idiom

noun:

• indicative (kanji whose shape is based on logical representation of an abstract idea)

adjectival noun:

• restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted

adverb:

• for some reason - of an emotional or psychological state ➜ そぞろに

noun:

• Bird Week (starting on May 10th of each year) ➜ 愛鳥週間

noun:

• neckband; round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)

noun:

• consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder

suffix:

• person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place) ➜ 路上生活者

noun:

• leaving on time (e.g. as opposed to paid or unpaid overtime)

noun:

• couchette; non-private sleeper car or berth on a European train - From French

noun:

• Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims) ➜ 四国遍路

noun:

• patch of plants or shrubs (e.g. on a steep rocky surface)

expression:

• better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb

noun:

• Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on pre-Jin and Yuan teachings ➜ 後世方

noun:

• ranking system based on dan and kyū (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) ➜ 級・段

noun:

• ranking system based on dan and kyū (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) ➜ 級・段

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

noun:

• writings on many different topics ➜ 雑書
• book that cannot be classified in any category