noun:

• autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

noun:

• quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement

noun:

• rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 土用干し

noun:

• nobleman's illegitimate child
• product (of e.g. war); (figurative) offspring; aftermath

noun:

• bride's silk floss headdress
• clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)

noun:

• feel; touch
• impression (of a person)
• most impressive passage; highlight; punch line - orig. meaning
• beginning - colloquialism

noun:

• hypothesis that Jews and Japanese are of common ancestry

noun:

• double circle; 'good work' (equiv. of silver star awarded to children at school)

noun:

• understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation

noun:

• economy class syndrome (occurrence of deep vein thrombosis in air travelers) ➜ 深部静脈血栓症【しんぶじょうみゃくけっせんしょう】

noun:

• type of fraud involving phone calls pretending distress

noun:

• prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

noun:

• elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

expression:

• worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died - vulgar ➜ くたばる

noun:

• Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)

noun:

• style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

noun:

• mufti; Muslim legal expert entitled to make decisions on points of Islamic law - From Arabic "mufti"

noun:

• var. of traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper, made from high-quality mulberry wood ➜ 奉書

expression / adjective:

• lost for words; not knowing what to say by way of excuse (refutation)

noun:

• standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)

noun:

• indicative (kanji whose shape is based on logical representation of an abstract idea)

noun:

• Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni) - obscure term - From Latin "Eoanthropus" ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• Bird Week (starting on May 10th of each year) ➜ 愛鳥週間