noun:

• voluntary insurance; optional insurance; extra insurance; vehicle insurance in addition to the basic mandatory insurance ➜ 強制保険

noun:

• root (of a plant)
• root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
• root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
• one's true nature
• (fishing) reef

noun:

• stamina; endurance; physical strength; resilience; resistance to disease
• strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

noun:

• crib sheet; cheat sheet - From English "cunning paper"
• large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.

noun:

• blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 四神

expression:

• we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together - from Matthew 11:17 - idiom

noun:

• cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 迦具土神

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命

noun:

• clothing to absorb dampness after bathing; yukata
• twice-boiled rice (for sick persons) - abbreviation ➜ 湯取り飯【ゆとりめし】
• scoop for removing bilge water; bailer - archaism

noun:

• Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus) (larger member of the family Cichlidae, important to aquaculture since ancient Egypt)

expression:

• even the strong-willed fall into temptation - proverb
• there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it - proverb

noun:

• rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
• rain during the rainy season

noun / ~の noun:

• ill will; spite; evil intention; malice
• bad meaning

noun:

• mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive - Law term ➜ 善意
• malice - Law term

expression:

• at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally

noun:

• change of attitude (stance, position)
• lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack - Sumo term

noun:

• before-sale service; advice to potential customer - From English "before service"

noun:

• one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn
• source; origin; place of production

noun:

• ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)

noun:

• foreign merchant; foreign businessman; foreign company; foreign firm
• out-of-store sales; calling on customers to take orders

expression:

• those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• community door-to-door campaign; search operation; cleaning campaign carried out thoroughly over an area

noun:

• influential members of parliament acting for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected

noun:

• the three types of gagaku drums - obscure term
• third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am) - archaism