noun:

• fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits) - four character idiom

noun:

• large ginkgo tree
• ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - Sumo term

expression:

• talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking [literal] - proverb

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) - abbreviation ➜ 漫画喫茶

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• sleeping quarters; bedroom (mainly refers to one used by a married couple)
• inner room; inner sanctum

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

noun / ~の noun:

• near point (closest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 遠点【えんてん】
• periapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 遠点【えんてん】

noun:

• far point (farthest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 近点【きんてん】
• apoapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 近点【きんてん】

expression:

• baby-making machine (famously used by Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Yanagisawa Hakuo to refer to women)

noun:

• sexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire) - slang

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ お達し【おたっし】

noun:

• second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence ➜ 返り咲き【かえりざき】
• return to working by a prostitute, kabuki actor, etc. - archaism

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - From English "recruit love"

godan ~る verb:

• to cut by rubbing; to wear out; to spend all (one's money)

noun:

• stone placed on railway track (by children)
• decorative garden stone
• handicap stone (in go) ➜ 置き碁【おきご】

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• -phil; -phile; enthusiast (for); love (of)
• being attractive (to); to tend to be liked (by)

noun:

• Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ 山王一実神道

noun:

• prostitution in which services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons") ➜ ピンクサロン

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; little by little; in a breezy manner - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• soon; before long - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there; scattered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• spots; dots; pimples; rash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

noun:

• public goods (i.e. goods or services such as lighthouses, military installations, etc., which are provided by government) ➜ 集合財

noun:

• local commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras)
• draw to find the theme for poetry session; composing poetry by lot

noun:

• sky burial (funeral ritual in which the body of the deceased is exposed to be eaten by birds)