noun:

• winning on a tile robbed from another player's kong - Mahjong term ➜ 加槓【かカン】

noun:

• (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to shelter a criminal

noun:

• ball of bean paste covered with a kudzu starch glaze

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)

noun / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

noun:

• a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one - four character idiom

noun:

• acquisition of a qualification

noun:

• style of a haikai or haiku poem ➜ 俳諧・俳句

noun / ~の noun:

• not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.)
• sober face ➜ 素面【しらふ】
• sobriety ➜ 素面【しらふ】

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• face with no make-up; unpainted face - archaism ➜ 素顔【すがお】

noun / ~する noun:

• instantly exploding into a rage; sudden outburst - slang ➜ キレる

expression:

• only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons - idiom

noun:

• flyer advertising a sex-related business ➜ ピンク

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make a bold speech; to make a bold statement

expression:

• setting a bad example to others

noun:

• centrepiece of a table - From English "table center"

noun:

• man with a gentle nature
• man of delicate features; man of slender build
• effeminate man; feeble man

expression:

• to be a burden; to make trouble for someone - humble language ➜ 手数をかける

noun:

• small shrine in a thicket ➜ 祠【ほこら】

noun:

• publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas) - slang ➜ ねた

expression:

• expression of humility said by the person who provided a meal after it is eaten - humble language ➜ お粗末

expression:

• in a subdued voice

adverb:

• with a thump; floppingly - onomatopoeia