noun:

• (incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony ➜ 香道

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be eager to pursue one's own interests; to think only of profit

noun:

• Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan ➜ 琉球諸島

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution) ➜ 白衛軍

noun:

• Suika Shinto (fusion of Shinto with Chinese elements, esp. neo-Confucianism); Shidemasu Shinto

temporal noun:

• now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

noun:

• pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms ➜ 日本国憲法

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんす・吉原言葉

noun:

• hakama fashioned in the style of the pantaloons worn by the Portuguese - From Portuguese "calção" ➜ 袴

noun:

• keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore) [literal] - archaism - idiom

noun:

• Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto

noun:

• snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop

noun:

• solo comedian; standup comedian; comedian not part of a duo, trio, etc. ➜ ピン・お笑い芸人

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld) ➜ 黄泉国【よもつくに】

noun:

• earthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)

expression / noun:

• lost decade; decade of economic stagnation
• decade in Japan from 1992 to 2002

noun / ~する noun:

• notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration)
• being well versed (in something) ➜ 精通

noun:

• origin; source; authority
• birthplace ［しゅっしょ］

noun / ~する noun:

• release (discharge) from prison ［しゅっしょ］

noun:

• exit; point of departure ［でどころ・でどこ］
• time to take action ［でどころ・でどこ］

noun:

• parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother)
• (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding
• harbinger; herald; precursor; forerunner; foretoken
• anticipation

proper noun:

• Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935) ➜ 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom

noun:

• Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom) ➜ 本占地
• euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.) ➜ 平茸

expression:

• being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one) - four character idiom
• know-it-all manner