noun:

• playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)

noun:

• soup served at the end of a traditional Japanese dinner; last soup served in a Kaiseki course (often miso soup) ➜ 会席料理

noun:

• festival held in July in Fukuoka City; Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (often just called Yamakasa Festival)

noun:

• bindi; Indian forehead decoration (often a red dot) - From Hindi

noun:

• rhinophyma; red swollen nose (often associated with alcoholism)

noun:

• rhinophyma; red swollen nose (often associated with alcoholism) ➜ 鼻瘤

noun:

• Maru-ship; Japanese ship (because Japanese ship names often end in Maru)

expression:

• amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing) ➜ 士族

noun:

• fancy goods; cute accessories (often product tie-ins)

noun:

• temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people); manifested form (often a Shinto deity) - Buddhism term ➜ 本地

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

noun:

• portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) ➜ 混成語

noun:

• under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.) ➜ ガード

noun:

• rice granules; coarse glutinous rice flour (often used in candy production)

noun:

• minced meat; hashed meat; pieces of meat (often sold in a pack)

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

noun:

• blankety-blank; bleep; used in place of sensitive word (often sexually related) - sometimes also **, ○○, etc. - manga slang ➜ 伏せ字

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to make good; to improve
• to do often
• to do well

noun:

• national language
• Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) ➜ 国語科
• native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

noun:

• servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
• chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
• cubed tofu (often served cold) - abbreviation ➜ 奴豆腐
• kite shaped like a footman - abbreviation ➜ 奴凧
• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants - abbreviation ➜ 奴頭
• enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• reflation - abbreviation ➜ リフレーション
• reflexology (type of massage; often used as a cover for illicit sexual services) - abbreviation ➜ リフレクソロジー
• refresh - abbreviation ➜ リフレッシュ

noun:

• house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.) ➜ 下院【かいん】
• graduate school; postgraduate school

suffix:

• institution (often medical); institutional building; government office ➜ 医院【いいん】・病院【びょういん】
• sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister - Buddhism term

noun:

• imperial palace - honorific language
• title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc. - honorific language - archaism ➜ 女院【にょういん】

suffix:

• former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late

noun:

• summery mountain
• mountain that is often climbed in summer

noun:

• wintry mountain
• mountain that is often climbed during the winter