noun:

• program of a ceremony; programme of a ceremony

noun:

• shape of a mountain; form of a mountain

noun:

• fulfilment of a vow; fulfillment of a vow

expression / noun:

• effectiveness of a drug; efficacy of a drug

noun:

• skirt (of a kimono); hem (of a kimono)

noun:

• surface of a cylinder; skin of a cylinder - obscure term ➜ 周面摩擦

noun:

• substance of a sin; source of a sin

noun / ~する noun:

• conclusion of a contract; consummation of a contract

noun:

• tip of a sword; point of a sword ➜ 剣先【けんさき】

noun:

• conditions of a contract; terms of a contract

noun:

• centre of a prefecture; heart of a prefecture

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun:

• articles of the deceased; article left by the deceased; things that belonged to the deceased

noun:

• single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling)
• crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection) ➜ 集団犯罪

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• the defensive
• passive attitude; passivity; passiveness
• the passive; passive voice - Linguistics term
• ukemi (the art of falling safely) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• ptarmigan (Lagopus muta, esp. the Japanese ptarmigan, Lagopus muta japonica); grouse

expression:

• a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes

noun:

• salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - abbreviation ➜ 塩釜焼き
• candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

noun / ~する noun:

• softening Antonym: 硬化
• softening (of attitude); mollification Antonym: 硬化
• weakening (of the market) Antonym: 硬化
• blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion - onomatopoeia
• rustling (leaves) - onomatopoeia
• feeling a chill; getting the chills - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

noun:

• peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) - archaism ➜ 蝦夷
• provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
• brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• foreigner; barbarian - derogatory term