suffix noun:

• superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ➜ 裸足【はだし】

noun:

• ignoring (one thing) for (another) ➜ 其方退け【そっちのけ】

noun:

• young men with deep tans (or dark makeup) who wear white eyeliner and lipstick - slang

noun:

• someone unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector; shopping refugee [literal]

noun:

• prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka) ➜ 県民税

noun:

• unknown plant species (perhaps Catalpa ovata or Mallotus japonicus) - archaism ➜ キササゲ・赤芽柏

noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata ➜ 七夕【たなばた】

noun:

• first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report

noun:

• earplug (for protection against noise or water)

noun:

• home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth) - archaism
• period; menstruation; menses - archaism

noun:

• tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)

noun:

• imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) ➜ 式年

noun / ~の noun:

• bay (space or distance between two pillars)

expression / adjective:

• to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with - idiom

noun:

• young mother (i.e. early twenties or younger, sometimes previously a juvenile delinquent) - ヤン is from ヤンキー or ヤング ➜ ヤンキー・ヤング

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate

noun:

• (inspection or certification) stamp

noun:

• blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address) - abbreviation - slang ➜ 着信拒否

noun:

• lead tree (lead or zinc in a solution of acetate of lead)

noun / ~する noun:

• snow melting (usu. a system or device); snow removal

noun:

• apocryphal sutra (composed in China or Japan)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together
• to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors

noun:

• tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)

noun:

• female emperor of Japan (historical or postulated) - four character idiom

noun:

• (Meiji or Taisho era) non-partisan cabinet