noun:

• substitution kanji; kanji used in place of a common-use kanji ➜ 常用漢字

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)

noun:

• switch (long, tender shoot of a plant) - archaism
• switch (cane used for flogging) ➜ 笞【しもと】

noun / ~する noun:

• observing a performance in a large group

noun:

• CAM plant (any plant, such as the pineapple, that uses crassulacean acid metabolism)

expression:

• better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty [literal] - proverb

noun:

• three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") ➜ 見猿・言わ猿・聞か猿

expression:

• see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys

noun / ~の noun:

• in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

noun:

• clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)

noun:

• the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami & Kamimusuhi no Kami)

expression:

• have no options left; have no other way; have no alternative means ➜ 他に方法はない【ほかにほうほうはない】

expression:

• have no options left; have no other way; have no alternative means ➜ 他に方法がない【ほかにほうほうがない】

expression:

• any number of people; a large number of people

noun:

• Act for Identification, etc. by Mobile Voice Communications Carriers of Their Subscribers, etc. and for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Voice Communications Services; Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act - Law term

ichidan verb:

• (for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged
• to feel listless; to be dull; to be lazy; to look bored

noun:

• overcoat with very simple lines and no shoulder pads, etc. (from: unconstructed) - abbreviation

noun:

• taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 取り箸

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from
• to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce
• to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

noun:

• control of access by means of a password; being password-protected - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed

noun / ~する noun:

• being gobsmacked; being struck dumb; being fed up with something ➜ 辟易・辟易

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to board a large ship [literal]