noun:

• warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed) - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 熱盛り蕎麦

noun:

• ABCD line; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ ジュンチャンタイヤオチュウ

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰

expression / adverb:

• nothing (with neg. verbs); not any
• and everything else (with noun plus "mo"); all

noun:

• haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times

noun / ~する noun:

• reception; welcome; serving (food)
• wining and dining; business entertainment; corporate entertainment; entertaining politicians

noun:

• skin
• condom - colloquialism
• skin (e.g. alternative look and feel for interface of a program) - IT term

noun:

• hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye
• snap fastener; press stud ➜ スナップ
• hock (white wine)

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong ➜ 任侠団体・男伊達

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)

adverb / ~する noun:

• going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense - onomatopoeia
• idling away the time; dawdling - onomatopoeia

noun:

• glasnost; Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues in the 1980s - From Russian "glasnost'"

noun:

• spirochaete; spirochete - From Latin "Spirochaeta"
• Treponema pallidum (species of spirochaete that causes syphilis, bejel, pinta, and yaws) - colloquialism

noun:

• fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle - From English "death match"

noun:

• full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant - four character idiom

noun:

• coverall apron (esp. for cooking, cleaning, and household chores); cook's apron

noun:

• with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last - four character idiom

noun:

• the five festivals (Jan 7th, March 3rd, May 5th, July 7th and Sep 9th)

noun:

• the five festivals (Jan 7th, March 3rd, May 5th, July 7th and Sep 9th)

ichidan verb:

• to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

noun:

• ninjutsu (fighting art of the ninja); ninja skills in secrecy, stealth and combat techniques - Martial Arts term

noun:

• view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished - four character idiom