noun / ~の noun:

• woman who missed the chance of getting married (because one is too old)

noun:

• simple thermal hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)

noun:

• fare box; place where one puts the money required to ride public transportation

noun:

• government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant - archaism

noun:

• Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

suffix / counter:

• counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

noun:

• Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters ➜ 昴

noun:

• shoes with thick soles to make one look taller - From English "secret shoes"

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

expression:

• saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

noun / adjectival noun:

• vibrancy; strength; bravery; manliness
• (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30)

expression:

• better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb

adjectival noun:

• neglectful (i.e. in the treatment of one's guests)

adjectival noun:

• neglectful (i.e. in the treatment of one's guests) - polite language

noun:

• Pseudotriakidae; family with only one species of false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon

expression / adjective:

• preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip - Sumo term
• having weak defenses

noun:

• stone for cutting one's pubic hair (in public baths)(Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• U shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears ➜ 和鋏【わばさみ】

noun:

• solipsism; philosophical idea that nothing outside of one's own mind really exists

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】

expression / noun:

• thanking another driver by flashing one's hazard lights - colloquialism - From English "thank you hazard"

noun / ~する noun:

• falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out ➜ うたた寝【うたたね】

noun:

• foreign-body sensation (e.g.contact lens, something stuck in one's throat)

noun / ~する noun:

• spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman)

noun:

• medium; channeler ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride - abbreviation - slang ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop
• participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.