noun:

• chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)

noun:

• katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice ➜ カツ

noun:

• outcome (of a course of events); consequence

noun / ~する noun:

• tendency; trend; drift

noun:

• bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling

noun:

• triptan (any one of a family of drugs used to treat severe headaches)

noun:

• focal point of a lens in front of the subject ➜ ピント

noun:

• structural elements (of an offence); constituent external element of a crime; actus reus - Law term ➜ 故意

noun:

• type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目寿司

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)

noun / ~する noun:

• verification of the authenticity of a document (e.g. by seal or handwriting) - obscure term

noun:

• employee of an association, society, etc. (but not of government or a corporation)

noun:

• great and splendid land (of Yamato)
• spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home
• excellent location; splendid place

suffix noun:

• samurai receiving this much rice as a fee - after a quantity
• offering of rice cake containing this much rice
• person receiving this amount of money as a salary - obsolete term

suffix noun:

• -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

noun:

• comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
• criticism; censure - archaism

noun:

• a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

expression:

• children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together - proverb

noun:

• accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex) - From French
• accent (on a syllable, word); stress ➜ アクセント

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb ➜ 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

expression:

• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

noun:

• hakapik; iron hammer and hook mounted on a long wooden pole used for killing seals - From Norwegian

expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term

noun:

• thick malt syrup poured into boiling water and sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink) - Food term ➜ 水飴・冷やし飴

noun:

• long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path) - めんどう is also written with the ateji 面道 ➜ 寝殿造り