noun:

• dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks) - Food term

noun:

• merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)

noun / adjectival noun:

• pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

noun / ~の noun:

• a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• Japan
• Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture ［おおやまと］ ➜ 大和

noun:

• groups of hiragana characters which are arranged to look like a face

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil something until it is done (e.g. vegetables) ➜ 茹で上がる【ゆであがる】

noun:

• 1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• imperial palace
• capital; metropolis
• Keijou (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation) ➜ ソウル

expression / noun:

• video game in which the player is likely to die frequently - slang ➜ ゲー

noun:

• eyrir; Icelandic monetary unit equal to 1/100 króna - From Icelandic ➜ クローナ

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to the previous page (in an internet browser) - colloquialism - From English "browser back"

noun:

• demon drums; type of drumming performance done to ward off ogres ➜ 鬼

noun / ~する noun:

• falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out ➜ うたた寝【うたたね】

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

noun:

• revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; edition incorporating many changes and corrections
• final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author

noun:

• rest; recess; respite
• vacation; holiday; absence; suspension
• dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

noun / ~する noun:

• regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

noun:

• market price
• speculation (e.g. on stocks)
• reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem