noun:

• flowers or flower arrangements for a butsudan (household Buddhist altar)

noun:

• light tearing or ripping sound; sound of tearing along perforated lines - onomatopoeia

expression:

• plan ahead or you will soon have worries [literal] - proverb

noun:

• single person who earns enough to live alone but prefers to live rent-free with his or her parents - From English "parasite single"

noun:

• strong or bitter (green) tea

noun:

• loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

noun:

• small gate in a mud or stone wall ➜ 穴門【あなもん】

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun:

• roasted millet or rice cake used to make okoshi ➜ 興し【おこし】

expression / adverb:

• whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

noun:

• days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

noun:

• bridle made from knotted rope or leather - obsolete term
• multi-coloured rope ceremonial garland, placed on cattle, large rocks, etc.

noun:

• fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills

noun:

• contraceptive method or measures

noun / ~の noun:

• company or industrial secret; trade secret

noun:

• regular respondent to a periodical or radio program - slang

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to manage somehow or another

noun:

• (all of) you or them; various wise individuals; gentlemen

expression:

• cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

noun:

• biographical notes and character sketches of prominent individuals, arranged according to place of birth or origin

noun:

• inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)

noun:

• number of people to be admitted or accepted

noun:

• small gate in a mud or stone wall

noun / ~する noun:

• false or crocodile tears; feigned sadness

noun:

• child who has returned to his or her country; returnee