noun:

• that kind (may be used as a disparaging term for another person)
• competition; match

noun:

• special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation - abbreviation - From English "evaluation chip"

noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

noun:

• pocket square; decorative handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit - From English "pocket (handker)chief"

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)

noun:

• reflation - abbreviation ➜ リフレーション
• reflexology (type of massage; often used as a cover for illicit sexual services) - abbreviation ➜ リフレクソロジー
• refresh - abbreviation ➜ リフレッシュ

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils - from Mickey Mouse - Kansai dialect ➜ ボンナイフ

noun:

• black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century)
• product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc.

~の noun / noun:

• totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered - four character idiom

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

noun:

• antenna
• thing or method used to collect information or opinions

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• out of contact; contactless (usually used to describe contactless cards)

expression:

• there, there; phrase used to comfort children who have injured themselves

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sell well; to sell out
• to be in order
• to be sociable; to be worldly and understanding

noun:

• monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita'); seniorita banana; var. of banana producing small fruit - From English "monkey banana"

noun:

• the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing ➜ 五大【ごだい】
• five practices of the Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term
• the five pillars of Islam ➜ 六信五行

noun:

• the sun ［てんとう・てんどう］
• god of heaven and the earth ［てんとう・てんどう］
• laws governing the heavens ［てんとう・てんどう］
• celestial path; celestial motion ［てんとう・てんどう］ - Astronomy term
• deva realm (svarga) - Buddhism term ➜ 六道
• path in the heavens ［あまじ］

noun:

• off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on - often 五月雨式に - four character idiom ➜ 五月雨【さみだれ】

noun:

• chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach) - archaism ➜ 栴檀【せんだん】
• light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead
• one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans
• fierce god ➜ 鬼神【きしん】

noun:

• labour and management; labor and management

noun:

• light and darkness; light and shade