noun:

• cauldron

noun:

• hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago

noun:

• a fold or crease

noun:

• postcard with a reply card attached

noun:

• Japan - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 大八洲国

noun:

• sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male) - Linguistics term

adjectival noun / noun:

• tomboy - From Dutch "ontembaar"

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

noun:

• break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to affect a serene mood; to affect a serious demeanor; to act prudishly; to assume an air of superiority

noun / ~する noun:

• overflowing; flooding - archaism

noun:

• heir to a throne

noun:

• hand; hands - children's language ➜ 手手

noun:

• (vegetable) grater ➜ おろし金【おろしがね】

noun:

• practice; training - honorific language ➜ 稽古

noun:

• chopsticks (often written on the paper wrapper)

expression:

• God only knows what may happen - proverb

noun:

• anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide - 太宰治

expression:

• the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son - proverb

noun:

• benefit principle (of taxation)

noun:

• caudal fin; tail fin - sometimes おひれ

godan ~る verb:

• to show unwillingness to do; to be reluctant to do

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• high spirits; gleeful mood

noun:

• hasty attack

noun / ~する noun:

• Europeanization; Europeanisation; Westernization; Westernisation