noun / ~する noun:

• trial purchase; buying on trial

interjection:

• knock on wood; touch wood - spoken to ward off misfortune

noun:

• number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

conjunction / expression:

• to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

noun / ~の noun:

• on the desk

~の noun:

• theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan); desktop; paper; not yet implemented - idiom ➜ 机上の空論

noun:

• gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

noun:

• gluing by hand; gambling without money (on the understanding that losses shall be covered later)

noun / ~する noun:

• moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)

noun:

• public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the WWW or an FTP server)

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

noun:

• central black dot on a go board
• Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)

noun:

• mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.

noun:

• food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish

noun:

• women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

noun:

• Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings ➜ 古医方

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku - Music term

noun / ~する noun:

• impressed (glued) gold or silver foil on traditional Japanese fabric
• type of noh costume

noun:

• to stamp on the ground rhythmically while singing ➜ 鼓腹撃壌
• ancient Chinese game of wooden clog throwing