noun:

• stamp book; pilgrim's passport; souvenir seal albumn; book for collecting commemorative seals or stamps (at tourist sights, temples, shrines, etc.)

noun:

• stamp book; pilgrim's passport; souvenir seal albumn; book for collecting commemorative seals or stamps (at tourist sights, temples, shrines, etc.)

noun:

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

expression:

• if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet [literal] - proverb ➜ まんじゅう
• hiding something good for oneself alone - idiom

noun:

• special offers available for a limited time of the day; limited-time sale - From English "time sale"

adjectival noun / noun:

• strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a sticker for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind ➜ ど忘れ

noun / ~する noun:

• pouring alcohol
• person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman)
• (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

noun:

• scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage ➜ 男旱【おとこひでり】

noun:

• ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】・大関【おおぜき】

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun:

• scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage ➜ 女ひでり【おんなひでり】

noun:

• electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district; multi-member constituent electoral system ➜ 小選挙区制

noun:

• influential members of parliament acting for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected

expression:

• in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans - onomatopoeia

noun:

• last orders (for food or drink in a bar or restaurant); last call - From English "order stop"

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for

expression:

• please give me - honorific language
• please do for me - after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go- - honorific language

noun:

• non-profit; not-for-profit; non-commercial

noun:

• gifted education; special education for gifted children

noun:

• refined rice flour; rice flour for dumplings ➜ 白玉【しらたま】

noun:

• examination (exam) questions; questions for an examination

noun:

• training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts - four character idiom