noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese religious group responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

interjection:

• unh (sound of physical exertion); oof - archaism
• wow; whoa
• yes; yeah; uh-huh ➜ うん

auxiliary verb:

• probably - after a -nai stem
• will; intend to
• would like to have done (for me)

proper noun:

• faithful dog Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to set forth; to put forward; to present for consideration; to explain the facts of life; to preach

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す

noun:

• shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards ➜ 榧【かや】

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb

adverb:

• after all; in the end; when all's said and done
• for the time being; at present

noun:

• set an example worth following; take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow - four character idiom

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism

noun:

• phala (attained state, result) - Buddhism term ➜ 因
• enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term ➜ 悟り
• fruit ➜ 果物

counter:

• counter for pieces of fruit

noun:

• aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser ➜ ウケを狙う

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

expression:

• fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things - idiom

noun:

• job seeker magazine for manual labourers published by Recruit Inc. (1991-2009) - from 合点
• physical work
• physical workers; blue-collar workers

noun:

• traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction

noun:

• CAPTCHA; captcha; challenge-response test for distinguishing humans from machines (usu. requiring typing characters from a distorted image) - from "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart" - IT term

noun:

• ceiling rosette; electrical outlet attached to the ceiling for suspending electrical light fixtures ➜ 引っ掛け

noun:

• labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• chair with an attached tray for eating, writing, etc. - From English "chair table"

noun:

• one's company; company one works for

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• in-house; belonging to the company

noun:

• shuriken; small throwing blade; small edged weapon often used for throwing; throwing star

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)

noun:

• base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar