noun:

• fire lit at a gate for funerals, weddings and Obon

noun:

• ferry landing; point of departure or arrival for ferries ➜ 渡船場

noun:

• national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)

noun:

• being too beautiful or talented for one's own good

noun:

• nock of an arrow
• forked tool used for hanging scrolls

noun:

• rice cakes made after the customer has paid for them

noun:

• act or trick which a performer reserves for selected occasions

noun:

• pulp fiction
• workbook for college exam takers (published by Kyougakusha)

noun:

• belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to perform religious rites for the repose of a soul

noun:

• (season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs

noun:

• lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law)

noun:

• horizontal transparency; clearness (of water); visibility (esp. for scuba diving)

noun:

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR

noun:

• persons who convince female celebrities to pose nude for photoshoots

noun:

• light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion) - Mahjong term - From Chinese "tingpai"

expression / noun:

• playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating - Sumo term

expression / adjective:

• expensive to rent
• wrestler ranked too high for his abilities - Sumo term

noun:

• ninja throwing knives - colloquialism
• mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc. - orig. meaning

noun:

• late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch; red-haired barbarian [literal]

noun:

• welcome party for new students, club members, etc.

noun:

• medicine left by a salesman, and paid for when used

noun:

• cosmopolitan (international) way of thinking; feeling for the wider world - four character idiom

noun:

• mercenary spirit; commercial motives; a nose for profit; moneygrubbing disposition - four character idiom