noun:

• month of a person's death

noun:

• decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity ➜ 少子化・高齢化

noun:

• shop; store

~の noun:

• low-power (electric)

noun:

• disaster-preventing incantation; disaster-preventing dharani - Buddhism term

noun:

• Japanese chessboard; shogi board

noun:

• marketability; saleability

noun:

• rebirth - from 生まれ変わる

noun / ~する noun:

• summering; spending the summer

noun:

• chapters and sections; chapter and verse

noun:

• guild; trade association

noun / ~の noun:

• vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks

noun:

• collation operation - IT term

noun:

• tropical disease (e.g. malaria)

noun:

• consumer culture

noun:

• downstage center (noh) - From 正面先 ➜ 正面【しょうめん】

noun:

• gastrointestinal stromal tumor (tumour); GIST

noun:

• fireboat

noun:

• fire hydrant

noun:

• person with a humble salary; person of a low condition

noun:

• frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)

noun:

• (of a book, etc.) short Antonym: 大部

noun:

• right style

noun:

• little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)

noun:

• cochineal