noun / ~する noun:

• circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)

noun:

• taiko; title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son - esp. refers to Toyotomi Hideyoshi - honorific language ➜ 関白【かんぱく】

noun:

• emergency meeting of the upper house of the Diet (in response to dissolution of the lower house)

noun / ~する noun:

• removing one's hat
• admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone

noun:

• using poisonous medication to control poison; fighting evil with evil; fighting fire with fire - four character idiom

expression:

• Just a short note to tell you ...; This will just be a short note - set formula of greeting used by a man at the beginning of a brief note - male language - four character idiom

noun:

• order to buy or sell; buy-sell order

expression / noun:

• regression toward the mean; regression to the mean - Mathematics term

adjective:

• suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy ［怪しい］
• charming; bewitching; mysterious ➜ いろっぽい

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• double-leaved printing (traditional East Asian books)
• sealed-page printing; magazine (esp. pornographic) with long side or all three sides sealed to prevent browsing
• dual page - IT term

expression / noun:

• red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

~と adverb / adverb:

• bang; bam; boom; thud; thump; crash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• noontime signal gun (early Meiji to early Showa); noontime signal shot

prefix:

• precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very ➜ ど

suffix:

• Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san ［どん］ - southern Kyushu equiv. of -さん - honorific language - familiar language ➜ 殿【どの】

noun:

• long homeroom; occasional or periodic extra long registration class or assembly in a school (e.g. for activities not related to class work) ➜ ホームルーム

expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

adjective:

• terrible; dreadful
• amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific
• to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

noun:

• primary colour; primary color
• pure color; unmixed color; striking color
• original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.) ➜ やり込み【やりこみ】

noun:

• (Japanese) feature phone; traditional Japanese-style cell phone (in contrast to smart phones); "Galapagos" cell phone (Japanese brand) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ ガラパゴス化

noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

expression:

• a wise man changes his mind, a fool never; the wise adapt themselves to changed circumstances - proverb ➜ 君子豹変【くんしひょうへん】
• the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor - proverb - colloquialism

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

noun / ~する noun:

• visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

expression:

• when about to go back
• on the way back; on the way home

noun:

• room for rent (lease); room to let; office space for rent (lease)