noun:

• all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8) - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival ➜ 于蘭盆
• mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts ➜ お中元

expression:

• to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying

noun / adjectival noun:

• being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take off; to jump; to leap
• to take the plunge; to decide; to embark on; to venture into; to launch out into
• to step out of the ring - Sumo term

expression:

• the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

expression:

• the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux - from the Roman saying, in reference to Constantinople - proverb

noun:

• external character; user-defined character; character not included in the JIS character set - IT term
• kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō list ➜ 常用漢字・人名用漢字
• foreign letters (esp. of a western language); foreign writing

noun:

• natural disaster reduction; reduction of the effects of a natural disaster

noun:

• determined purpose
• an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought) - Buddhism term
• a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu) - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土宗

noun:

• hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds) ➜ 下町・山手【やまて】
• place near the mountains ➜ 山手【やまて】

noun:

• wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
• going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

noun:

• the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip into for the purposes of sex (e.g. lover's house, hotel, red light district, etc.); to shack up with
• to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

adjectival noun / noun:

• undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety
• (the crime of) cursing one's parents ［ふきょう］ - archaism ➜ 八虐
• disowning one's child ［ふきょう］ - archaism

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election ➜ 特別国会

expression:

• the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the apple never falls far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks [literal] - proverb - obscure term

noun / prefix noun:

• smallness; small item
• short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ➜ 小の月
• elementary school - abbreviation ➜ 小学校
• younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)
• unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) - archaism

noun:

• Baha'i
• the Baha'i faith
• a member of the Baha'i faith

noun:

• Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
• Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire

expression:

• speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
• surroundings ［しほう・よほう］
• many countries; the whole world ［しほう］
• all around; here and there ［よも］
• square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure ［しほう・よほう］
• four sides (of a square)