noun:

• rectangular-shaped thin-bladed knife (esp. used for vegetables)

noun:

• kanban; kamban; scheduling system for just-in-time production ➜ かんばん方式

noun:

• care telephone (e.g. for the aged, disabled, etc.)

noun:

• landing place (for aircraft)
• common ground; compromise; agreement; conclusion

noun:

• portable water vessel (for drinking or washing up) - Buddhism term

noun:

• love for one's current school or alma mater ➜ 愛校心

noun:

• wedge (for securing objects together)
• tie; bond

suffix noun:

• ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day ➜ 日和【ひより】・行楽日和【こうらくびより】

noun:

• using social networks to hunt for jobs - abbreviation ➜ ソーシャル就活

noun / ~の noun:

• (doing something) for money; being mercenary

noun:

• correctional facility (for juveniles); juvenile detention centre (center); reformatory

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for good weather - archaism

noun:

• in season; at its best; ready for eating ➜ 食べ頃【たべごろ】

noun:

• gachuck; device for applying small, clip-style paper fasteners

expression:

• one can give a plausible argument for anything - proverb

expression:

• please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP ➜ ＳＣＡＰ

noun:

• halter (for restraining a horse, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• drunk tank; cell for holding drunks - slang

noun:

• meeting place; open area for meetings, markets, etc.

noun:

• electronically recorded monetary claims (system for facilitating business loans)

noun:

• using an enemy's liver for medicinal purposes (Satsuma clan) - obscure term - archaism

noun:

• burning earth, e.g. for sterilization and converting compost

noun:

• ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing

noun:

• plank raft
• display stand for seafood (Edo period)