noun:

• monthly fee for common areas of an apartment building (lighting, etc.); condo fees

noun:

• homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings - Buddhism term

noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

noun:

• person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals

noun:

• study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy

noun / ~する noun:

• toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour) - four character idiom

noun:

• consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement

noun / ~する noun:

• (system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun:

• heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

noun:

• splint; brace; epithesis - Medicine term ➜ 副木【ふくぼく】
• splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop ➜ 支柱【しちゅう】

noun:

• good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

expression:

• far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for ➜ 及びもつかない

noun:

• facility that serves meals and provides rooms for short-stay or overnight guests - abbreviation - From English "restaurant hotel" ➜ レストランホテル

noun:

• racketeering newspaper; journal that demands money in return for favourable articles

noun:

• extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night) - four character idiom

expression:

• Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom

expression:

• Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom

noun:

• seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.

expression:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
• thank you very much (for help, etc.)

noun:

• dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention - slang

expression / adjective:

• lost for words; not knowing what to say by way of excuse (refutation)

adjectival noun:

• restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted

adverb:

• for some reason - of an emotional or psychological state ➜ そぞろに

noun:

• oil deflector; shallow tray with rack for draining food after deep frying

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ