noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

expression:

• I'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon; sincerely yours; yours truly ➜ 不宣【ふせん】

expression:

• I'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon; sincerely yours; yours truly ➜ 不尽

noun:

• nine cuts mudra (mudra: hand posture which forms a part of Hindu prayer); exorcism-purification spell - Buddhism term

noun:

• boiled octopus - Food term
• person as red as a lobster

noun:

• word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
• under the desk

noun:

• feigning innocence, ignorance or naivety
• someone (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun:

• plaything; playing (with a toy)
• gambling
• activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)

noun:

• crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono); figured habutae

noun:

• glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

noun:

• biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga) ➜ 羽虱
• small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite) - colloquialism ➜ 羽蟻

noun:

• videotape recorder; VTR ➜ ビデオテープレコーダー
• video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

noun:

• zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

noun:

• nap room (e.g. for doctors in an emergency ward, or firefighters in a fire station)

expression:

• making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; giving a metal rod to an ogre [literal] - idiom

noun:

• dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• round coin with a (square) hole in the center - colloquialism
• coin made of non-precious materials
• money

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• weaverbird; weaver (any of a number of birds in family Ploceidae that weave elaborate nests)

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered