noun:

• loitering at night (between 11 pm and 4 am); late-night prowling

noun:

• Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta - Buddhism term

noun:

• Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha - Buddhism term

expression:

• drop dead; go to hell; fuck you; fuck off and die - 氏ね, 市ね are net slang ➜ 死ぬ

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun / ~する noun:

• coming and going; traffic

noun:

• road; street

noun / ~する noun:

• association; socializing; socialising; fellowship; mutual visits
• recurring (e.g. thoughts)
• correspondence

noun:

• sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people)
• large flounder - abbreviation ➜ 戸板平目

noun:

• train of dress; trailing skirt ➜ お引き摺り
• woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion ➜ お引き摺り

noun / ~する noun:

• rising and going to bed; daily life

adverb:

• all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep

expression / adverb:

• after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

noun:

• school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers - colloquialism

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

noun:

• diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes

noun:

• implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

noun:

• contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

noun:

• sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies) ➜ 五明
• chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Great Interregnum (gap between Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rule of the Holy Roman Empire, approx. 1254-1273 CE)

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 才取会員

noun:

• posed look (chic, sexy, sultry, etc.); facial expression and orientation presented when being photographed - colloquialism

noun:

• dirndl; traditional dress from Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol

noun:

• spotted unicornfish (Naso maculatus, species of Pacific tang found from Japan and Lord Howe Island to Hawaii)

noun:

• humpback batfish (Platax batavianus, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found from Madagascar to Indonesia and Australia)

noun:

• Citizens' Band; CB (radio)
• convertible bond ➜ 転換社債
• chronic bronchitis ➜ 慢性気管支炎
• chemical and biological (weapons)
• center back ➜ センターバック
• community business

noun:

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

noun:

• street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)