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

noun / ~する noun:

• rest after a meal

godan ~る verb:

• to come to a close (end)

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment of a family registry (separate from one's parents')

noun:

• expiration of a term of service ➜ 年季明け【ねんきあけ】

expression:

• Just a short note to tell you ...; This will just be a short note - set formula of greeting used by a man at the beginning of a brief note - male language - four character idiom

noun:

• right to execute (a file); execute permission - IT term

noun:

• single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling)
• crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection) ➜ 集団犯罪

expression:

• a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; a broken mirror will never shine again [literal] - proverb

noun:

• toilet in a Zen temple ➜ 東司

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• having a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)

noun:

• cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest) - four character idiom

noun:

• broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

noun:

• food served on a table (esp. food served on a small Japanese table) ➜ 膳部

noun:

• newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge - From English "free paper"

noun:

• job-hunting via a social networking service (e.g. Facebook)

noun:

• message appended to a note accompanying a gift, requesting the recipient to keep the gift at hand

noun:

• person fond of using a mobile phone - From English "mobiler"