expression:

• obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions ➜ カメコ

noun:

• welcome board (e.g. placed outside wedding reception to greet guests, and confirm location)

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Kantō dialect

noun:

• dark ghost shark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae, a shortnose chimaera endemic to New Zealand)

noun:

• life force, blood, and colourless bodily fluids (three elements that constitute an organism according to traditional Chinese medicine)

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく ➜ クッションワード

noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

noun:

• apartment too small to be legally rented out, and hence let as office or storage space

interjection:

• thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
• thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour) - humorous term

noun:

• security (e.g. national security) - abbreviation ➜ 安全保障
• US-Japan Security Treaty - abbreviation ➜ 日米安全保障条約
• campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970) - abbreviation ➜ 安保闘争

expression:

• in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

adverb:

• in itself; as it is; in its own way; as suits the occasion ➜ 形【なり】
• within its capacity; within limitations

noun:

• great and splendid land (of Yamato)
• spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home
• excellent location; splendid place

noun:

• internal maneuvering; secret maneuvering (within an organization); reconciling the various views within an organization before airing something in public - four character idiom

adverb:

• sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

noun:

• on-the-spot or live broadcast; running commentary; blow-by-blow report; play-by-play report

noun:

• Socialist Party of Japan (until 1996, became the Social Democratic Party of Japan from 1996) ➜ 社会民主党【しゃかいみんしゅとう】

noun:

• high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee

~の noun:

• highly-paid; in the top salary bracket

noun:

• year-end gift ➜ 歳暮・お中元
• end of the year; year end ➜ 歳暮【せいぼ】

temporal noun:

• New Year's call; beginning of the year; New Year's greetings

noun:

• rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains) ➜ 女山

noun:

• detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers) ➜ 目明かし・岡っ引き
• detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs