expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

noun:

• tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)

noun:

• electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone

noun:

• bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce) - From Chinese "bang bang ji"

expression / suffix:

• one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N - after number N ➜ 分の

noun:

• Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reeves, species of barking deer); Chinese muntjac

noun:

• black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
• stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae); avocet

noun:

• Borneo shark (Carcharhinus borneensis, species of requiem shark found in Borneo and China)

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited - obscure term

noun:

• sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.

noun:

• traditional sake yeast mash starter; oldest surviving traditional style of sake making

noun:

• putting one's own interest ahead of one's party (for a politician) - play on 党利党略 ➜ 党利党略【とうりとうりゃく】

noun / expression:

• American joke; US joke; American sense of humor (humour)

noun:

• one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach - male language

noun:

• final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue

noun:

• abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field - colloquialism

noun:

• Edo chrysanthemum; variety of chrysanthemum originally cultivated in Edo
• China aster (Callistephus chinensis) ➜ 蝦夷菊

noun:

• garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothing - poetical term

noun:

• sweetfish sushi; ayu sushi; belly of sweetfish salted, pickled and served on rice

noun:

• giant crape-myrtle (Lagerstroemia speciosa); Queen's crape-myrtle; banabá; Pride of India

noun:

• black beard
• type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun:

• shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
• reflection; image
• ominous sign
• light (stars, moon)
• trace; shadow (of one's former self)

suffix noun:

• depending on
• as soon as; immediately (upon) - often after the -masu stem of a verb
• in accordance with

noun:

• order; program; programme; precedence
• circumstances; course of events; reason