noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.)

noun:

• three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing Japan's gambling laws

noun:

• business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

noun / ~の noun:

• early modern times (Azuchi-Momoyama period to Edo period, 1568-1867); modern times; recent times

noun:

• green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha) ➜ 抹茶
• medium-grade green tea ➜ 玉露・番茶

adverbial noun:

• due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

expression:

• that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

noun:

• consent or refusal; yes or no; decision to accept or decline; up or down (vote); assent or dissent; accept or reject

noun:

• (pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home
• door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace ➜ 寝殿造

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

adverb:

• exactly; surely; certainly; just - esp. 正に when in kanji
• right then; just then; at that moment
• just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening) - esp. 将に when in kanji
• duly; naturally - esp. 当に when in kanji

expression:

• in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

noun:

• (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

noun:

• zigzag pattern; zigzag formation
• steps down from a pier
• pathway covered by extended eaves to protect from snow
• large saw used by lumberjacks

noun:

• fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)

noun:

• fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires)
• New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine
• festival involving fire dedicated to the gods

noun:

• reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning
• reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters

expression / adverb:

• if by any chance; just in case; in the worst case; in the unlikely event that; 10000 to 1 [literal]

temporal noun:

• that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)

noun:

• Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) ➜ 武家時代

noun:

• just before a war - archaism
• day before a holiday - archaism
• day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers - archaism ➜ 紋日

expression:

• in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of ➜ に照らすと

noun:

• parting of the ways; the way to hades; one's way after the parting

adjectival noun / noun:

• as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

expression / adjective:

• not be concerned about at all; not be troubled by; to not care about ➜ 気にかける