noun:

• wraparound retaining straps worn with the old ski cable bindings - From German

noun / ~する noun:

• living in the present

noun:

• subserviency to the stronger

noun:

• impression of a seal over the joint of two papers; tally

noun:

• housing for the elderly with home-care services provided - abbreviation ➜ サービス付き高齢者向け住宅【サービスつきこうれいしゃむけじゅうたく】

noun:

• the Annunciation - obscure term ➜ 受胎告知

noun:

• the Nihilists

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects) ➜ 七賢人
• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ➜ 竹林の七賢

expression:

• you've hit the nail on the head; that's just what I thought; that's exactly like I feel; that's exactly what I think, too

noun:

• car with the body lowered; lowrider ➜ シャコタン

noun:

• white of the eye ➜ 黒目
• cold, unwelcoming eyes ➜ 青眼

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the logarithm of - IT term

noun:

• the way something ought to be
• the (current) state of things; how things are

noun:

• ancient Chinese god of the north (or rain, water, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• the last paragraph

noun:

• small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like ➜ 小刀

noun / ~の noun:

• the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity - four character idiom

noun:

• the world of the arts

noun:

• the five sins in Buddhism (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood and drink)

noun / ~する noun:

• living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness - four character idiom

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older brother figure - familiar language

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) brother ➜ お兄さん

noun / ~する noun:

• slap in the face; slap on the cheek

noun:

• downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself ➜ 脇【わき】
• doorjamb; jambe; jamb