noun:

• Automatic answer Network System for Electrical Request - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• curdle

noun:

• bundle; rack for storage or transport; stillage - From French "cadre"

noun:

• salary supplement, usu. paid for higher ranking employees

noun:

• salary supplement, usu. paid for mid-ranking employees

expression:

• therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

expression / godan ~る verb:

• (for one's turn) to come round - idiom ➜ お鉢が回ってくる【おはちがまわってくる】

noun:

• sticker for new car drivers (green and yellow) ➜ 若葉マーク

noun:

• The Agency for Buddhists and Foreigners (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• cowardly, good-for-nothing samurai from the countryside

noun:

• photograph for passports, ID cards, etc. (usu. 4x3cm)

noun:

• vault (a poetic term for clear skies)
• dome

noun:

• orthoscope (instrument for examining the iris)

noun:

• perpetual calendar (for reckoning lucky and unlucky days)

noun:

• flag raised as a sign for an izakaya

noun:

• defensive opening for shogi ("badger" or "anaguma" castle)

noun:

• shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile) ➜ 弾道ミサイル破壊措置命令

noun:

• grass and straw (as fodder for horses, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• short coat for noblewomen (Nara and Heian period)

noun:

• bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse

noun:

• respect for one's elders
• harmony among siblings

noun:

• pavilion for weapons storage (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

expression:

• all for the best; what is right

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.) - sometimes used as a pickup line - colloquialism

noun:

• round box for apportioning individual rice servings

noun:

• blackboard - 塗り板 is now obs. ➜ 黒板
• board used for lacquering ［ぬりいた］