noun:

• EXCLUSIVE-OR gate; EXCLUSIVE-OR element - IT term

noun:

• (INCLUSIVE-) OR gate; (INCLUSIVE-)OR element - IT term

noun:

• making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel; skill; knack

noun / ~する noun:

• going easy on someone; making allowances; using discretion; taking various circumstances into account

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put on the brakes; to put a stop to

godan ~る verb:

• to go viral; to make a buzz (on the Internet); to buzz - colloquialism

expression:

• look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• on an island; on-island ➜ 島外

noun:

• dignity; credit; public estimation; face; honor; reputation
• deed of sale (for a land, forest or house) - archaism
• sale value; selling price - archaism

noun:

• niche or alcove for an image
• (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard

noun:

• cutover; cut-over; starting new (IT) equipment; transferring from the old to a new (hardware and/or software) system - IT term

noun:

• lady's companion (paid female companion of a wealthy or high-ranking woman, esp. in Victorian England) - archaism

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

noun:

• official notice
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ［お触れ・御触れ］ - abbreviation ➜ お触書

noun / ~する noun:

• unwinding of funds transfer obligations; requesting a bank to return money that was transferred (e.g in error or in excess)

noun:

• gourmet food; delicious food

noun / ~する noun:

• dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure

noun:

• criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head

noun / ~の noun:

• canned food; tinned food

noun:

• confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work) - usu. 缶詰にする
• being stuck in a confined space - usu. 缶詰になる

noun:

• curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

expression / noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility - obscure term ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tap; rap-tap; tapping - onomatopoeia
• without delay; smoothly; without a hitch

adjectival noun:

• even; equal; with no advantage or disadvantage

noun:

• bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva) - Buddhism term
• grain of rice; cooked rice ［しゃり］ ➜ しゃり

noun / ~する noun:

• pouring alcohol
• person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman)
• (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

noun:

• story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line ➜ 落語