expression / noun:

• red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

~と adverb / adverb:

• bang; bam; boom; thud; thump; crash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• noontime signal gun (early Meiji to early Showa); noontime signal shot

prefix:

• precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very ➜ ど

suffix:

• Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san ［どん］ - southern Kyushu equiv. of -さん - honorific language - familiar language ➜ 殿【どの】

noun:

• long homeroom; occasional or periodic extra long registration class or assembly in a school (e.g. for activities not related to class work) ➜ ホームルーム

expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

adjective:

• terrible; dreadful
• amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific
• to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

noun / ~する noun:

• deep realization (realisation); profound realization
• one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted
• unexpectedly obtaining something

noun:

• primary colour; primary color
• pure color; unmixed color; striking color
• original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)

noun:

• purificatory font at shrines and temples
• kitchen
• cupboard
• room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed
• vendor of drinking water
• building for taking refuge during a flood

expression:

• don't lend money to a man who doesn't have an erection in the morning (because he's not healthy and might die before he can repay) - archaism - proverb

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.) ➜ やり込み【やりこみ】

noun:

• (Japanese) feature phone; traditional Japanese-style cell phone (in contrast to smart phones); "Galapagos" cell phone (Japanese brand) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ ガラパゴス化

noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

expression:

• a wise man changes his mind, a fool never; the wise adapt themselves to changed circumstances - proverb ➜ 君子豹変【くんしひょうへん】
• the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor - proverb - colloquialism

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

noun / ~する noun:

• visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

expression:

• when about to go back
• on the way back; on the way home

noun:

• room for rent (lease); room to let; office space for rent (lease)

noun:

• shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction

noun / ~の noun:

• tone-deafness; amusia; having no ear for music

adjectival noun:

• tone-deaf; off-key

suffix:

• having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)

noun:

• solar pond (salty pond in which energy from solar energy accumulates in the lower layers, due to lack of convection)

noun:

• dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
• noh dance performed by a man without a mask

noun:

• red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)