noun:

• medieval armour lacking a solid breastplate and sleeves

noun:

• lipstick that actors put on their earlobes, cheeks and corners of eyes
• lipstick discreetly put on the earlobes or the corners of the eyes (by women)

noun:

• all kinds of spirits and goblins

noun:

• in and about a kitchen; family circumstances

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting and patching; splicing
• grafting - esp. 切り接ぎ, 切接ぎ

noun:

• active substance from plants used in manufacture of soap, detergents and medication - From German "Saponin"

noun:

• someone's looks and personal appearance - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• peace and quiet; tranquility; peace on earth - archaism

noun:

• sentient and nonsentient beings - four character idiom

noun:

• apartment with one bedroom and a combined dining room and kitchen ➜ ＤＫ【ディーケー】

noun:

• half-dried daikon, salted and picked in kōji - Food term ➜ べったら漬・麹【こうじ】

noun:

• hard charcoal

noun:

• hard-sectored disk - IT term

expression:

• knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage - proverb

noun:

• the beauty to be found in poverty and simplicity; subdued taste; quiet refinement; sober refinement; wabi

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - From English "flying get"

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan)
• to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable

noun:

• to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

expression:

• anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means

noun:

• subject and object; activity and passivity - Buddhism term

noun:

• weal and woe; welfare

noun:

• talent and education

noun / adjectival noun:

• having refined and distinguished features; having a bright face

noun:

• uncommon and delicious meal ➜ 珍肴

noun:

• a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words