noun:

• Hemiscylliidae; family of tropical Indo-Pacific longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks

noun:

• government position (or office) not specified in the administrative code of the ritsuryo - archaism ➜ 令【りょう】・律令【りつりょう】

noun:

• abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

noun:

• kanji without kanbun assistance markings ➜ 訓点【くんてん】
• poetry, haiku, etc. without comments or corrections

adjectival noun:

• meaningless; incomprehensible

noun:

• tongs (esp. for incense or for use in a Buddhist temple)

noun:

• all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 断ヤオ九

noun:

• croque-madame; croque-monsieur with a fried or poached egg - From French ➜ クロックムッシュ

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• loss of momentum or follow-through as a result of impact; getting knocked aside - Sports term

expression / adjective:

• (after the ren'yōkei form of a verb) indicates concession or compromise ➜ てもいい
• indicates permission ➜ てもいい

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift

noun:

• graduation concert (school, etc.)
• farewell concert for a group or band member

noun / ~の noun:

• another place; somewhere else; strange parts ➜ 他所【たしょ】

noun:

• outside (one's family or group); those people Antonym: 内【うち】
• unrelated matter - often as 〜をよそに, 〜をよそにして, etc. ➜ よそにする

noun:

• scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
• serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

pronoun:

• we; us
• I; me - archaism
• you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• being lost for words; becoming speechless
• jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) ➜ 五言絶句・七言絶句

noun:

• Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth) - named after a character in Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection" - From Russian "Katyusha"
• Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

noun:

• minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors - From English "one box car"

noun:

• passion; sexual desire; lust
• attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex) - Buddhism term

noun:

• type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

noun:

• simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato pure) - Food term - From English "chicken rice"

noun:

• apostille; stamp or certificate of public document authentication in accordance with Hague Convention XII

noun:

• form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)

noun:

• inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)

expression / adjective:

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