noun / ~する noun:

• being protean and elusive; appear and disappear like a phantom - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• ugly and creepy (combination of the words busaiku and kimoi) - slang ➜ キモい

noun:

• seafood and vegetables cooked sukiyaki style and served with udon ➜ 魚すき

particle:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth - colloquialism ➜ 等【など】

noun:

• large and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples - archaism

noun:

• ritual singing and dancing gathering of young men and women - archaism ➜ 歌垣

noun:

• God and Buddha; Gods and Buddhas; one's guardian angel

noun:

• Silver Week (any long string of Japanese public holidays other than Golden Week) - colloquialism ➜ ゴールデンウィーク

noun:

• empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace

noun:

• financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence
• living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

noun:

• used car

noun:

• rice field used to grow wheat

noun:

• hot water used for cleaning up

noun:

• (jar used as a) charcoal extinguisher

noun:

• sticks used for calculations
• divining rods

noun:

• drumming style used to announce bouts - Sumo term

noun:

• Siddham character (used for writing Sanskrit) - From Sanskrit

noun:

• bowl used for serving rice

noun:

• type of detector used at airports

noun:

• bathhouse used for prostitution (Edo period) ➜ 湯女

noun:

• bundle of straw used as mulch - obscure term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be scolded (mainly used theatrically) - idiom

noun:

• citrus juice (used similarly to vinegar) - Food term

noun:

• fabric used for a hakama; skirting ➜ 袴【はかま】