noun:

• breach of contract - Law term

noun:

• restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage (recognised)

noun:

• admission of university graduates to an undergraduate program - four character idiom

noun:

• band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai

noun:

• climate of the third month of the lunar calendar in Okinawa (end of the dry season); early summer

noun:

• currying of political favor; buying political influence - four character idiom

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers ➜ しもつかれ

noun:

• official promotional photo of a musician, model, etc. - from アーティスト写真 - abbreviation

noun:

• being devoid of consideration for human beings - four character idiom

noun:

• termination phase of a transaction - IT term

noun:

• discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration) ➜ 他色

noun:

• cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system

noun:

• the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• on the brink of
• morning and evening; day and night

adverbial noun / noun:

• in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability - four character idiom

noun:

• one-piece garment with snaps up the front, sort of like a jumpsuit for babies - From English "baby all"

noun:

• Treaty of Shimoda (1855); treaty initiating official relations between Russia and Japan

expression / ichidan verb:

• to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

expression / ichidan verb:

• to vary the pace of one's life ➜ 減り張り【めりはり】

noun / ~する noun:

• dying of cancer

noun:

• calling sound of the lesser cuckoo ➜ てっぺんかけたか

noun:

• impact of publicity or propaganda

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

noun:

• disintegration of a cell nucleus

noun:

• member of a political party