expression / noun:

• sacrament of penance and reconciliation

noun / ~する noun:

• decline of energy and vigour (vigor) - four character idiom

noun:

• gathering of excellent and capable people - four character idiom

noun:

• phablet; combination of smartphone and tablet - IT term - From English

noun:

• coordination of local clinics and hospitals

noun:

• two forces of yin and yang

noun:

• leu (currency of Rumania and Moldova) - From or

noun:

• crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

noun / ~する noun:

• raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level - From English "level up"

noun:

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)

expression:

• after the decimal point; below the decimal

expression / ~の noun:

• of no account; beneath one's notice

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• "day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings) ➜ 暦注

expression:

• mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time; laughing mountain [literal] - poetical term

noun:

• provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period) - archaism

noun:

• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

noun:

• former rank in the Japanese army and navy, equiv. to private first-class, lance corporal, etc. ➜ 士長

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - abbreviation - From English "flying get" ➜ フライングゲット

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China) ➜ 稗史