noun:

• countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries

noun:

• daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - abbreviation ➜ リクルートラブ

noun:

• bare midriff (clothing style that exposes one's midriff)

interjection:

• eh?; what?; oh?
• yes; that's correct ➜ はい

particle:

• strengthens a question, assertion, etc. - at sentence end - archaism ➜ かえ・ぞえ・わえ
• used when calling out to someone - after a noun, etc. - archaism

noun:

• country's official writing system; native script
• kana ➜ 仮名【かな】
• kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) ➜ 漢字

noun:

• Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity") - obscure term ➜ オッカムの剃刀

noun:

• Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi) (salmonoid fish found in Hokkaido that grows up to 1.5 meters)

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない

noun / ~する noun:

• act of praying or performing an incantation so that a bad dream does not come true

noun:

• facility that serves meals and provides rooms for short-stay or overnight guests - From English "restaurant hotel"

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take to task; to take it out on

expression:

• when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel - proverb

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to tell a person (something) emphatically; to let a person have it

expression / adjective:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty
• thank you very much (for help, etc.)

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control

noun:

• alarm clock - abbreviation ➜ 目覚まし時計【めざましどけい】
• waking up; keeping oneself awake
• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap ➜ お目覚

expression:

• having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling [literal] - idiom

expression:

• you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake - proverb

expression / adjectival noun:

• crumpled up (of a face; like the face of a Japanese spaniel while it's sneezing) - humorous term

~の noun:

• general; ordinary; usual

adverb:

• normally; generally; usually

noun:

• local train; train that stops at every station - abbreviation ➜ 普通列車

noun:

• castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

noun:

• spirochaete; spirochete - From Latin "Spirochaeta"
• Treponema pallidum (species of spirochaete that causes syphilis, bejel, pinta, and yaws) - colloquialism