noun:

• administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states

noun:

• Yokozuna Deliberation Committee; body that recommends promotion of wrestlers to grand champions - Sumo term

noun:

• hypothetical rule allowing match-ups between wrestlers regardless of their stable affiliation - Sumo term

noun:

• hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)

noun:

• photograph of two people, usu. male and female - From English "two shot"

expression:

• all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing - four character idiom

noun:

• practice of eating sushi or sashimi off an unclad woman's body

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); vigorous and in high spirits - four character idiom

expression:

• three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 損者三友【そんしゃさんゆう】

noun:

• secrets; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha - four character idiom

noun:

• offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.); floral tribute

noun:

• terminal bonus; lump sum when policy matures
• payout on cancellation of contract

noun:

• rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)

noun / adjectival noun:

• being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business - often used humorously - four character idiom

noun:

• bent back; prone posture
• weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve

noun:

• feeling of food or drink going down one's throat - often of beer

noun / ~する noun:

• extortion of money or goods (e.g. from lower year students); shakedown - slang

expression / adjectival noun:

• unnatural; out of place; forced or faked (e.g. expression)

noun:

• polymastia (having more than one pair of mammae or breasts); pleomastia; hypermastia

noun:

• title of a thread in email, news, etc. - From English "thread title"

noun:

• doctoral degree (e.g. PhD) after completing a course of study ➜ 論文博士

interjection:

• impossible; futile - From Chinese "bugouben"

noun:

• type of children's game
• Chinese person; Chink - derogatory term - obsolete term

expression:

• of all people (expression showing surprise at a high standing person's misbehavior)

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)