noun:

• examinatinon with MRI, MRA, etc. to check for aneurysms and other problems - from "brain dry-dock" ➜ 人間ドック

noun:

• archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)

noun:

• waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living - obscure term ➜ 歌妓

noun:

• room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow) ➜ 襖【ふすま】・障子

noun:

• observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc. - archaism
• astronomical expert - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 霊台郎・天文博士
• place where the soul is located - archaism

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure - abbreviation

noun:

• chartering broker (arranges customs clearance and shipping details for trade goods); freight forwarding agent - abbr. of 乙種海運仲立業 - abbreviation

noun:

• collecting waste paper (old newspapers etc.) and exchanging them for tissues

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun:

• one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion) - Mahjong term ➜ 聴牌

expression / noun:

• a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

expression:

• had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything
• begging pardon

noun:

• group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex ➜ コンパ

noun:

• playing on equal terms; having no handicap for either player - Shōgi term ➜ 平手
• being evenly matched - Shōgi term

noun:

• food boiled or stewed in soy sauce, sugar, mirin, etc. for short-term preserving - Food term

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam)

noun:

• ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain
• to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage
• to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work
• to deal in; to sell
• to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up
• to treat A as B - as ＡをＢとして扱う
• to mediate (an argument) - archaism
• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable - archaism
• to gossip - archaism

noun:

• sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve ➜ 袂を分かつ
• vicinity (esp. of a bridge)
• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

noun:

• moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

adverb:

• why?; what for?
• how?; by what means?

noun:

• room to let; room for rent

noun:

• suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age