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)

expression / interjection:

• O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

noun:

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

noun:

• Semite (speaker of a semitic language, esp. Jews and Arabs)

noun / adjectival noun:

• coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune - four character idiom

~の noun / noun:

• soupy; containing more broth or sauce than usual (of gyudon, etc.)

noun:

• girly car (often full of plastic flowers, stuffed animals, etc.) - slang ➜ ヤン車

noun:

• allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining

noun:

• quale; qualia (qualities or feelings considered independently of their effects on behavior)

noun:

• Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)