expression:

• moreover; besides; in addition; on top of; to make matters worse

noun:

• last scene (e.g. of a movie)

noun:

• same singular and plural form (of a noun) (e.g. sheep)

noun:

• limited amount of rain which falls off to a certain region - obscure term

noun:

• superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea - four character idiom

noun:

• series of holidays with one or two workdays in between - four character idiom

noun:

• superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea - four character idiom ➜ 鼻先思案

noun:

• having part of one's underwear exposed from their shorts - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

noun:

• very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash - abbreviation ➜ 御太鼓結び

noun:

• (gen. of a woman) loving two or more partners without favour - four character idiom

noun:

• texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• chatter; prattle - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lapping (up); slurping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of juicy food being bitten into - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)

noun:

• question time (section of proceedings in parliament)

noun:

• Oomoto (religious sect founded in 1892 as an offshoot of Shinto)

noun:

• request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session ➜ 不逮捕特権

noun:

• pre-cut (e.g. of timber before taken to building site)

noun:

• reading (of a word) that has become accepted through popular usage

noun:

• (of clerical script) horizontal lines ending in a noticeable triangular tail ➜ 八分【はっぷん】

noun:

• reservation of Japanese nationality (procedure used with children born outside Japan)

noun:

• cupronickel (alloy of approximately 80% copper and 20% nickel) ➜ 白銅

noun:

• poor and careless way of living - archaism - male language
• self deprecating first person pronoun

noun:

• thin, dried strips of daikon soaked in vinegar and other flavorings ➜ はりはり漬け

noun:

• tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)