expression:

• It's audible but invisible; I hear voices but I can't see anybody - idiom

noun:

• marriage in which the bride is taken into the groom's family; virilocal marriage

noun:

• longing for freedom when tied down; caged bird's longing for the open sky [literal] - four character idiom

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping

noun:

• cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

adjectival noun:

• inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

noun:

• shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards ➜ 榧【かや】

noun:

• ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight
• to grow fertile - of soil
• to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear) ➜ 目が肥える
• to become rich; to become successful

noun:

• man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman
• person of high rank
• the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo) ➜ 四君子

noun:

• mapo doufu; mapo tofu; spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat - Food term - From Chinese "mápó dòufu"

noun / ~の noun:

• pigeon chest (Pectus carinatum, deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum); pigeon breast
• woman with big breasts - colloquialism

noun:

• the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

noun:

• terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses ➜ 兵馬

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smooth; flat; lacking bumps and dents
• featureless; uneventful

noun:

• noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face

noun:

• cinnabar; vermillion; red; slightly-orange red
• red pigment (and ink made from same)
• red text (as used to correct documents)

noun:

• blackeye rabbitfish (Siganus puelloides, species of rabbitfish found in the Maldives and the Similan Islands)

noun:

• nasal plug
• wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place - Architecture term

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

noun:

• teyo-dawa speech; mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to steam (food, towel, etc.) ➜ 蒸かす

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hot and humid; to be sultry

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - letters beginning with this typically end with 敬具

noun:

• flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank

noun:

• lei (garland of flowers) - From Hawaiian
• lei (plural of leu; currency of Rumania and Moldova) - From or ➜ レウ

noun:

• joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer - Law term