noun:

• being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks)
• retaliation; revenge

expression:

• year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year

noun:

• bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist - Buddhism term
• older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

interjection:

• yes; that is correct - polite language
• understood; I see; OK; okay
• present; here - as a response to a roll call
• pardon?; what's that?; come again? - with rising intonation - colloquialism
• now; here; here you go - used when calling for someone's attention or when handing something to someone
• giddy-up; giddap

counter:

• counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.

noun:

• foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning

noun:

• Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 薄葉細辛

expression:

• don't lend money to a man who doesn't have an erection in the morning (because he's not healthy and might die before he can repay) - archaism - proverb

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation; collaboration; association - esp. 共同

noun:

• form (as opposed to substance); formality ➜ 形式張る
• method; system; style
• format; mode; appearance; form (something takes) ➜ ファイル形式
• math expression

noun:

• mountain folk; hermit
• mountain wizard ［やまびと］ ➜ 仙人
• word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc. ［さんじん］

noun:

• tilapia (freshwater fishes native to Africa, introduced to many areas worldwide as a food source) - From Latin

noun / ~の noun:

• Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon) ➜ 正典
• non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings) - usu. げてん - Buddhism term ➜ 内典

noun:

• winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

noun:

• tenkasu; crunchy bits of deep-fried dough produced as a byproduct of cooking tempura ➜ 天ぷら

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

noun:

• cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a punishment (e.g. for losing a contest or arriving late) ➜ 罰杯

noun:

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

expression:

• of soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sleep (not necessarily lying down) ➜ 寝る
• to die
• to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to be dormant; to be unused ［ねむる］
• to close one's eyes - archaism

expression / adjective:

• non-genetically modified; not genetically modified; non-GM; non-GMO Antonym: 遺伝子組み換え

noun:

• true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
• Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa) ➜ 大和紙魚
• someone who is unable to apply what they have read - derogatory term