noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun / adjectival noun:

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

expression / adverb:

• attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently

noun:

• digitally altered photograph (e.g. made to look like an oil painting)

noun:

• Bing cherry - From English "American cherry"
• cherries imported to Japan from America

noun:

• identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin) - colloquialism

noun:

• kid; brat - archaism
• Edo term used to debase people from Kansai

interjection:

• no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets

noun:

• burr (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes) ➜ ひっつき虫

noun:

• burr (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes) ➜ くっつき虫

noun:

• Vietminh (Vietnamese Independence League organized to obtain freedom from French colonial rule)

noun:

• long (i.e. full-length) pants (as opposed to shorts)

noun:

• decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place

noun:

• in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right

expression / adverb:

• without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to

godan ~る verb:

• to perform a small motion repetitively (e.g. picking or poking something)

noun:

• sport similar to ball-toss game played in schools (All Japan Tamaire) - abbreviation ➜ 玉入れ

noun:

• (logical) conversion (transposition of subject and predicate to form a new proposition)

noun:

• local governmental body that requires federal oversight to recover from its debts

noun:

• man used by a woman to pay for her meals - slang ➜ 飯【めし】

noun:

• mercy killing (euthanasia performed to end someone's suffering, but without consent) ➜ 安楽死

noun:

• signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc. - slang

noun:

• small block of wood used to clean one's buttocks after defecating

noun:

• aschelminth (any invertebrate animal formerly classified as belonging to phylum Aschelminthes)