conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.) ➜ に連れて

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

expression / ichidan verb:

• to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

noun:

• cooking (something) to a golden brown; something cooked until it's golden brown - obscure term

noun:

• waves that remain after the wind has subsided
• after-effect; aftermath ［よは］

noun:

• national holiday (by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays)

noun:

• dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant

noun:

• dishonor that persists after death ➜ 生き恥
• shame at the moment of one's death

noun:

• quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh
• extremely irritating thing

noun:

• link to (a site, as used in page ranking that site)

expression:

• something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• on par (in golf, meeting par for that hole) - From English "par on"

noun:

• the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone

noun:

• sliding or moving along a smooth surface with continuous contact on that surface

expression:

• fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated

noun:

• eisa (Okinawan folk dance that marks the end of the Bon festival)

noun:

• countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries

noun:

• bare midriff (clothing style that exposes one's midriff)

noun:

• country's official writing system; native script
• kana ➜ 仮名【かな】
• kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) ➜ 漢字

noun:

• Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity") - obscure term ➜ オッカムの剃刀

noun:

• Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi) (salmonoid fish found in Hokkaido that grows up to 1.5 meters)

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない