adjective:

• friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men

noun:

• long thin strip of dried sea-ear or paper attached to a gift

noun:

• blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight

noun:

• snack (to have with a drink); side dish - polite language ➜ 摘み

noun:

• going according to one's wishes ➜ 不如意【ふにょい】
• ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter) - Buddhism term

noun:

• high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

expression:

• not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing

noun:

• special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation - abbreviation - From English "evaluation chip"

noun:

• crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

noun:

• involvement of peer groups (Quality Assurance term)
• application to similar products
• grassroots (organization, development, movement)

adjective:

• ominous; sinister; unlucky; ill-omened
• annoying - archaism
• appearing to be true; plausible - archaism

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

noun:

• controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)

noun:

• pocket square; decorative handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit - From English "pocket (handker)chief"

noun / ~する noun:

• death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)

noun:

• person appointed by an electoral nominee to be in charge of their campaign-fund accounting

noun:

• (railway, bus, highway) route designed or designated to meet a specific problem
• countermeasure program (policy)

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews - From English "recruit suit"

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

noun:

• Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies

noun:

• locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem - colloquialism - sensitive

noun:

• flux (substance mixed with a solid in order to lower its melting point); fusing agent

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb