expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be the mother of someone's child

expression:

• salutation at the end of a formal letter - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• security-related; from the stand-point of safety

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 江戸狂言

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 上方狂言

noun:

• Battle of the Bulge (1944-1945)

noun:

• Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)

noun:

• wind coming from the top of a mountain ➜ 山颪【やまおろし】

noun:

• occlusion in the circle of Willis ➜ もやもや病

noun:

• Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)

noun:

• skin stretched on the sides of a biwa ➜ 琵琶【びわ】

noun:

• Maitreya (bodhisattva) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩
• Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats) - Buddhism term ➜ 十六羅漢

noun:

• Pisces (obsolete class of vertebrates comprising the fishes) - obsolete term

noun / expression:

• schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others - short for 他人の不幸で今日も飯がうまい - vulgar - slang - abbreviation

noun:

• old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly - Linguistics term

noun:

• retirement at the behest of one's employer ➜ 肩たたき

noun:

• eleventh day of the month
• eleven days

noun / ~する noun:

• first shrine visit of the New Year ➜ 初詣

noun:

• twelfth day of the month
• twelve days

noun:

• thirteenth day of the month
• thirteen days

noun:

• sixteenth day of the month
• sixteen days

noun:

• eighteenth day of the month
• eighteen days

noun / ~する noun:

• being about to cry; the verge of tears

noun:

• buying club (e.g. fruit-of-the-month)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to vary the pace of one's life ➜ 減り張り【めりはり】