noun:

• Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) ➜ 厚生労働省

noun:

• second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year ➜ 上半期

noun / ~する noun:

• intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha

noun:

• first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring

noun:

• day of the boar in the month of the boar (the 10th month) ➜ 亥の子の祝

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of ➜ あんな・こんな・どんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - Hiroshima dialect ➜ そんな

noun:

• 23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month)
• moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ そんな

noun:

• anti-wind (device, facility or measure)
• Saposhnikovia divaricata (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
• Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine) ➜ 浜防風

noun:

• an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased
• a tea infusion; tea and hot water
• tea ceremony ➜ 茶の湯

noun:

• first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus ➜ 終発
• departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

noun:

• individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article
• single item out of a set; one item from a set

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun:

• kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character
• kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

noun:

• online handle (esp. on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously); screen name; user name - colloquialism
• user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously) - colloquialism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に掛ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に着せる

noun:

• finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate situation - four character idiom

noun:

• trapdoor spider (any spider of family Ctenizidae); folding trapdoor spider (any spider of family Antrodiaetidae)

noun:

• body and soul; mind and body
• bottom of one's heart; depth of one's heart

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

noun:

• rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
• exorcism

noun:

• the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings) - archaism
• one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; moving in the wrong direction; running counter to (e.g. the laws of nature); running against (e.g. the tide of the times) Antonym: 順行
• retrogradation; retrogression - Astronomy term