noun:

• the NPO Law (1998); Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities ➜ 特定非営利活動促進法

noun:

• twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth

noun:

• Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century ➜ 南蛮寺

noun:

• the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)

noun:

• the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)

noun:

• before the gate; in front of the gate

noun:

• sensitivity to the times; sense of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• sense of the times; sensitivity to the times ➜ 時勢感覚

expression / noun:

• negation of the negation (in the Hegelian dialectic)

expression / noun:

• ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

noun / ~する noun:

• speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of) ［代弁・代辯］
• payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of) ［代弁・代辨］
• acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf) ［代弁・代辨］

noun:

• rotating warning light similar to the one on a patrol car - abbreviation - From English "patrol light" ➜ パトカー

noun:

• room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room [literal]
• hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

noun:

• hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

noun:

• the Emperor; His Majesty - honorific language
• the government; the authorities - honorific language
• proprietress; hostess; landlady; mistress - also written 女将 ➜ 女将
• your wife; his wife - also written 御内儀 or 内儀 - honorific language - archaism
• (one's) master; lord - honorific language - archaism

noun:

• hill; height; knoll; rising ground ［丘・岡・壟］
• bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game ［丘・陸符］ - usually written using kana alone - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; forerunner; harbinger; herald
• leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade ➜ 反台鉋

noun:

• decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi ➜ 小紐

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

noun:

• sailing windward
• land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns) - obsolete term ➜ 村

noun:

• azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)

noun:

• expulsion; dismissal; ejection; eviction
• drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)

noun:

• the skin (of a human being)
• warmth of the skin; body warmth

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of