noun:

• lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method

noun:

• makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

noun / ~する noun:

• shading; color; colour
• kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

noun:

• large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus) - four character idiom ➜ 撫子
• woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

noun:

• thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki ➜ すきやき

noun:

• Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli)
• any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)

noun:

• part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

noun / ~の noun:

• piece of junk (esp. dismantled or broken down car); worn-out article

noun:

• hitting (with fist); striking

expression / noun:

• shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

noun:

• undeveloped woodland near populated area
• settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 孟母三遷の教え【もうぼさんせんのおしえ】

expression:

• Out of Asia and Into Europe (slogan calling for Japan to align itself with the West) - four character idiom

noun:

• polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction - four character idiom

noun:

• harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying - From English "power harassment"

noun:

• someone who plays the part of a 'heel' (bad guy) in wrestling, films, etc. ➜ ヒール

noun:

• precious orb
• Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 宝珠の玉
• hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial

noun / expression:

• iroha order; traditional ordering of Japanese syllabaries (based on a Buddhist poem) ➜ 五十音順

noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Food term ➜ 糠味噌漬け
• hot-dip galvanizing - colloquialism - Engineering term

adverb:

• with a snap; (break) cleanly - onomatopoeia
• (reject) sternly; flatly
• smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

noun:

• Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki ➜ 鮑結び
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

noun:

• smoke screen; dazzler; distraction
• camouflage; deceptive means
• magic; witchcraft; sleight of hand
• shell game

interjection:

• exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)