noun:

• snow surface; surface of snow

noun:

• departure place; place of departure

noun:

• adult guardian; guardian of adult - Law term

noun:

• guarantee letter; letter of guarantee

noun:

• test of significance; significance test - Mathematics term

noun:

• coefficient of variation; variation coefficient - Mathematics term

noun:

• contract law; law of contract - Law term

noun:

• control flow; flow of control - IT term

noun:

• Pure Land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha) - Buddhism term
• Pure Land Buddhism - abbreviation

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

noun:

• year-before period; corresponding period of previous year; same period a year ago

noun:

• eighteen components of perception (six sense objects, six sense faculties, six sense consciousnesses) - Buddhism term ➜ 六境・六根・六識

noun:

• country; state
• region
• national government; central government
• home (i.e. hometown, home country)
• province (of Japan) - archaism ➜ 国郡里制
• land; earth - archaism

expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to flip; to snap; to flick
• to repel
• to use (an abacus); to calculate
• to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in the end (after a long process); finally; after all; at last - esp. 〜したあげく

noun:

• last line (of a renga) ➜ 発句

suffix:

• first-person plural (or singular) - humble language
• second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to) - derogatory term

noun:

• national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)

noun:

• resistance - From French
• popular resistance against a military invasion (especially of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)

noun:

• Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang) ［こくふ］ - abbreviation ➜ 国民政府
• provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital ➜ 律令制

expression:

• Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

noun:

• Narita divorce; divorce case of a newlywed couple breaking up upon their return to Narita Airport from their honeymoon abroad - four character idiom

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

noun:

• Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure) ➜ 杜仲