noun:

• very superior old pale (cognac); VSOP
• one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern" ➜ ワンパターン
• VLBI Space Observatory Programme; Very Long Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme ➜ 超長距離干渉計【ちょうちょうきょりかんしょうけい】

adverb:

• like that (used for something or someone distant from both speaker and listener); so ➜ 斯う・然う・如何【どう】

noun:

• wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith
• core; heart; centre; center ➜ 心【しん】

adverb:

• by all means (with sense of not taking "no" for an answer)

noun:

• honesty; sincerity; fidelity
• trust; reliance; confidence
• (religious) faith; devotion

counter:

• counter for received messages

noun:

• general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

adjective:

• no match for
• unbearable
• unable; can't do; beyond one's power

expression:

• thank you; many thanks; much appreciated
• that's enough for today

noun:

• making provision for the elderly
• Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)

noun:

• yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
• ale
• Eire; Ireland ➜ アイルランド

noun / ~する noun:

• raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote)
• salute ➜ 挙手の礼

noun:

• Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)

noun:

• topcoat; light overcoat for use in spring and autumn - From English "spring coat"

noun:

• movements for sending young people to the countryside in China (1937, 1957, 1968) ➜ 下放運動【かほううんどう】

noun:

• monthly fee for common areas of an apartment building (lighting, etc.); condo fees

noun:

• homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings - Buddhism term

noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

noun:

• person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals

noun:

• study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy

noun / ~する noun:

• toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour) - four character idiom

noun:

• consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement

noun / ~する noun:

• (system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun:

• heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

noun:

• splint; brace; epithesis - Medicine term ➜ 副木【ふくぼく】
• splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop ➜ 支柱【しちゅう】