noun:

• young woman who is proficient in a foreign language - From English "biling(ual) girl"

noun:

• crisis in a battle; death

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience) ➜ 間を持たせる

noun:

• binding a book in an oblong shape

noun:

• kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times ➜ 七変化【しちへんげ】
• the seven common disguises of ninja

noun:

• stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce - abbr. of 海老のチリソース煮 - abbreviation

noun:

• in-house manufactured goods

noun:

• beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin ➜ どて焼き【どてやき】

noun:

• unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be reflected in a mirror

noun / ~する noun:

• instructions sent in response to a question (from an embassy, consulate, etc.)

noun:

• salvation by faith in Amitabha - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 阿弥陀
• relying upon others for attaining one's own objective - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to be in a slump - from 閑古鳥が鳴く ➜ 閑古鳥が鳴く【かんこどりがなく】

noun:

• lacking in prudence; lacking in judgement

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be enveloped in mist ➜ 霧に包まれる

noun:

• ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun / ~の noun:

• sudden, wide-spread drop in prices - four character idiom

noun:

• in the ministry; in the department

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• in no hurry; nonessential (industry)

noun:

• style current in the capital

noun:

• truth in lending act

noun:

• caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

adverb:

• suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing) - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shut in; to confine; to contain

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb