noun:

• inner practice hall (for Buddhism; on the imperial palace grounds)

noun:

• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; TRIPS

noun:

• windcrust; crust formed on snow by strong wind

expression:

• don't be too hard on me (us, them) - idiom

expression:

• things depend on how you look at them - proverb

noun:

• crouched walk treading on hands for stealth used by ninja

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on - このご is more formal

noun:

• small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)

noun:

• hairstyle with buns on each side of the head

noun:

• plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped) - abbreviation ➜ 八丈絹・八丈縞

expression:

• coolness of distant twinkling lights (on a summer night)

noun:

• soba noodles eaten on New Year's Eve ➜ 蕎麦

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

noun / ~する noun:

• watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert

noun:

• guard; watchmen

suffix noun / prefix noun / noun:

• food with dressing on it (e.g. salad) - when a suffix, follows a word indicating the type of dressing ➜ 和える

noun:

• Yama's pole (with a human head on the top) - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• breast
• rounded part on the upper end of shamisen neck

noun:

• harassment or bullying based on age - From English "aging harassment"

noun:

• running a start-up company after work or on weekends

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

noun:

• Japanese-style desk (short, used while sitting on the floor)

noun:

• young mottled spinefoot pickled in salt (usu. served on tofu) - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 藍子

noun:

• high fan speed (setting on air conditioner)
• squall; sudden gust

noun / ~の noun:

• (actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document