noun:

• farewell party for graduates (held prior to graduation)

noun:

• registered mail for the purpose of sending money

noun:

• regulations for the preservation of law and order

noun:

• grill or grate for toasting rice cakes

noun:

• small plates for individual helpings of food

noun:

• an act done for one's own benefit

noun:

• lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha

noun:

• place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious

noun:

• (Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics

noun:

• utai (noh chant) piece for recitation ➜ 歌物

expression / adjective:

• falling far short of; no equal (match) for

noun:

• nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko

noun:

• dance for the stage

noun:

• love for one's school or alma mater

noun / ~する noun:

• measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)

noun:

• one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)

noun:

• tree surgeon (esp. for famous or old trees)

noun:

• pre-emptive right (to subscribe for new shares)

noun:

• affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method

noun:

• law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate

noun:

• Council of Local Authorities for International Relations; CLAIR

noun / ~の noun:

• nostalgia for the good old days; retro-culture - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• pragmatism; functionalism; practicality; being intended for practical purposes - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched forces (parties) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched armies (teams) - four character idiom