noun:

• ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck
• something strange or suspicious
• idiot; fool
• noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

expression:

• walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
• staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves

noun:

• (in P2P networks) a program that monitors (and adjusts) activity of a P2P program - colloquialism - IT term ➜ モニター

noun:

• auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine) ➜ 本社

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) - abbreviation ➜ マイミクシィ

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) ➜ マイミク

noun:

• imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value - four character idiom

noun:

• controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale

noun:

• points to note; points of concern; matters to keep in mind; matters that require attention - four character idiom

noun:

• aim; object; purpose; end
• expectations; prospects; hopes
• something that can be relied upon
• snack served with alcoholic drink - Kansai dialect

suffix noun:

• pad; guard

suffix noun / prefix noun:

• blow; strike

suffix:

• addressed to ［宛・宛て］
• per - also written as 充て - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• policeman; cop - esp. お巡り ➜ お巡りさん
• walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
• rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
• vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism ➜ おかず・女房言葉

noun / ~する noun:

• something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; blinker; eye bandage
• concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

noun:

• interpreter (languages, events, etc.) ➜ 通訳者・説明者
• interpreter; software that decodes and executes a high-level language (e.g. Java, Python, PHP) - IT term

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners

adverb:

• presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought; upon reflection

noun:

• elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school

noun:

• fish-breeding forest; riverside or coastal forest that encourages fish breeding

noun:

• sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)
• rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

expression:

• You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

noun:

• middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school ➜ 高等部

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)