noun:

• information centre; documentation centre; clearinghouse for information - IT term

noun / suffix noun:

• (Buddhist) lecture meeting
• religious association
• mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)

noun:

• sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.

noun:

• consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿闍梨

noun:

• entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall - obscure term ➜ 寄席

noun:

• maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs

noun:

• putting one's own interest ahead of one's party (for a politician) - play on 党利党略 ➜ 党利党略【とうりとうりゃく】

noun:

• garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothing - poetical term

noun:

• head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year

noun:

• Dodge van (esp. Dodge Ram van modified for racing)

adjective:

• regrettable; disappointing; unfortunate
• precious; dear; valuable
• too good for; deserving better
• almost (but not quite); close (but no cigar)

noun / ~する noun:

• flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

noun:

• shop used for testing sales of new products; showroom - From English "antenna shop" ➜ パイロットショップ
• shop selling local specialities to Tokyo

noun:

• riverbed ［かしょう・かわどこ］
• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer ［かわどこ・かわゆか・ゆか］

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush [literal] ➜ やぶ蛇

adverb / ~と adverb:

• turning around (once) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; abruptly
• completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something)
• beautiful, round (eyes)

noun:

• flail (for threshing grain) - abbreviation ➜ くるり棒

noun:

• "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 戊

noun:

• field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations) - archaism

noun:

• breakwater; seawall; bulwark; mole; narrow stone structure for breaking incoming waves and loading goods on and off ships ➜ 防波堤

noun:

• Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands

noun:

• Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto ➜ 大学寮・七大私学

noun:

• falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)

noun:

• going to famous sightseeing spots, ruins, etc. seeking inspiration for waka or haiku
• reciting or composing poetry while strolling

noun:

• cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor - ゴト is orig. an abbr. of 仕事 ➜ パチンコ

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom