noun:

• document; writing; letter; paperwork; note; records; archives
• document addressed to someone in particular (jargon used in paleography) ［もんじょ］

noun:

• washable chopsticks carried in a case (to be used in place of disposable chopsticks)

noun / ~の noun:

• opposite side; other side; other party

noun:

• probe each other; sound each other out

noun:

• wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury - four character idiom

noun:

• business that exploits its employees (e.g. unpaid overtime, etc.)

noun:

• Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking's foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927)
• Rape of Nanking (1937); Nanking Massacre ➜ 南京大虐殺

noun:

• Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)

pronoun:

• that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder ➜ 何方【どちら】・此方【こちら】・其方
• that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that
• that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) - あちら is pol.
• there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

noun:

• type of alloy of copper and zinc (brass) with zinc at about 33-67% used to solder metals like copper and iron

noun:

• ram (sheep) - obscure term
• used to liken one to someone who lives their life by instinct

noun:

• C ration; canned wet ration formerly used by the U.S. military - Military term

noun:

• men's fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories

noun:

• early Edo-period book written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji (primarily intended for women and children) - four character idiom

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of something thick and soft being pierced by something sharp and hard - onomatopoeia
• containing sullen anger or discontent

noun:

• inside cloth used around cuff and hem

conjunction:

• by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

expression:

• fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
• to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
• to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit
• to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ➜ 年が寄る
• to grow (wrinkly) - in the form of しわが寄る
• to lean against; to recline on - also written as 倚る, 凭る
• to push one's opponent while holding their belt - Sumo term
• to decide on a price and come to a deal
• to be swayed by (a person); to yield to - archaism

noun:

• imperial censor; ancient Chinese official in charge of inspecting other officials

noun:

• symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓

noun:

• thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion - honorific language
• however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.)
• fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking

noun:

• consumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents; nest-dweller consumption [literal]

noun:

• company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime, etc.)