noun:

• Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses) ➜ 地蔵

noun:

• examinatinon with MRI, MRA, etc. to check for aneurysms and other problems - from "brain dry-dock" ➜ 人間ドック

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り

noun:

• being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

noun / ~の noun:

• mixture of correct and broken speech

noun:

• earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements) - Buddhism term

noun:

• a strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• detailed and accurate; exhaustive and precise; meticulous; finely detailed ➜ 正確【せいかく】

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

noun:

• guardian and tutor of a nobleman's child

noun:

• hook-and-ladder truck

noun:

• physical growth and development

noun:

• the oil and fat industry

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold (the opponent) in the arms and carry him out of the ring

expression:

• money comes and goes; money goes around and around - proverb ➜ 金は天下の回りもの

noun:

• kiss-and-ride; dropping a family member off at a station

noun:

• stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)

expression:

• our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act - abbreviation ➜ 入国管理法

noun / ~する noun:

• salted and dried

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

noun / ~する noun:

• insertion and deletion

noun:

• carved table leg with "ball and claw" foot

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• appearing drunk and cheerful

noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares