noun:

• Lugol's solution

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

noun:

• Ringer's solution - abbreviation ➜ リンゲル液

noun:

• pitcher's misjudgment (misjudgement)

noun:

• thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late) [literal] - from 花の金曜日

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to grant someone's request

noun:

• intensive-care old people's home - abbreviation ➜ 特別養護老人ホーム

noun:

• dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

noun:

• waiting wrestler's sitting cushion - Sumo term

noun:

• von Recklinghausen's disease ➜ 神経線維腫症１型

noun / adjectival noun:

• inconsistency between one's words and actions; insincerity; saying one thing and doing another

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to soil one's clothes

noun:

• strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pack one's things

noun:

• one's whole soul

noun:

• last year's tea

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away

noun / ~の noun:

• a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

noun:

• one's inmost thoughts (feelings)

noun:

• America's Cup race

expression:

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one

expression:

• it's the thought that counts

noun:

• women's magazine