noun:

• pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)

noun:

• fish, shellfish, etc. boiled in salted water

noun:

• noodles made in flat strips - Food term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of something floating or sinking in water - onomatopoeia

noun:

• summary (e.g. in a thesis); summation

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Regulatory Reform

noun:

• Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)

expression:

• to be in a state of confusion

expression / ~の noun:

• in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged

noun:

• initiation of debate (e.g. in parliament)

noun:

• thumb index (e.g. in a dictionary)

noun:

• segue (proceeding without interruption in music, etc.)

noun:

• drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution

noun:

• trot (as in horse riding) - obscure term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to gasp in surprise

noun:

• creating patterns in human flesh through scarification

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love - colloquialism - From English "love love"

noun:

• township and village enterprises (in China); TVE

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to engage in a heated discussion

noun / ~の noun:

• densely covered in thick hair; hairy; fuzzy

noun:

• Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia) ➜ 南方仏教

noun:

• absentee investor (e.g. in real estate)

noun / ~する noun:

• drinking everything (in one's glass, etc.)

noun:

• return value (from a function, in programming)