noun:

• deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed - four character idiom

noun:

• slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour) - from パチンコ and スロット - abbreviation

noun:

• outside a building

noun:

• a chronicle

noun:

• female employee of a brothel-massage parlor ➜ ヘルス・嬢【じょう】

noun:

• coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)

noun:

• former president of a company

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment

noun:

• a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate - four character idiom

noun:

• six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw a plan

noun:

• metal ornament in shape of a woman's breast

noun:

• 3 fat-comma shapes arranged to form a circle
• 3-way struggle (wrestling, etc.) - abbreviation

noun:

• song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune
• resentful complaint

noun:

• ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• flower arrangement in a built-up style
• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
• seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］

noun:

• a Buddha or Bodhisattva taking away suffering and conferring peace - Buddhism term

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose a closely fought contest

noun:

• text message or symbol on a busy mobile phone indicating a call arrival (DoCoMo feature)

noun:

• with a telephone

expression:

• the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping) - obscure term - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disclose a secret ➜ 秘密を暴露する