noun:

• cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue - Food term - From French "langue de chat"

noun:

• town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

expression:

• no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• faith is mysterious; through faith, even something trivial (like a pilchard's head) seems valuable - proverb

noun:

• Vocaloid; singing voice synthesis software and related products, or a humanoid persona voiced by such software

noun:

• exemption (from a regulation, etc. usu. because of small scale)
• cut-off cuffs (trousers, etc.)

noun:

• man (esp. one who is well-respected)
• samurai ➜ 侍

suffix noun:

• person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
• leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)

noun:

• first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

noun:

• item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle)
• long-necked person

noun:

• dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms ➜ 玉繭

noun:

• observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market

noun:

• Blue Sky with a White Sun; party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)

noun:

• book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets
• delivering a letter

noun / ~する noun:

• house for rent; rented house; renting a house

noun / ~する noun:

• finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

noun:

• role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

noun:

• flake; lamella (of bone); foil (of metal); flat, thin slice of a material

noun:

• master; head of household; man of the house; principal supporter of a temple

suffix:

• (some type of) enthusiast
• somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

noun:

• heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge
• great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth

noun:

• track meet (non-competitive driving on a race course); track day; track event

noun:

• huge amount of material (worth reading); richness of content (of a book)

noun:

• member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member

noun:

• serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady - polite language ➜ 茶汲み