noun / expression:

• visual novel; sound novel; interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics - From English "novel game" ➜ サウンドノベル

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family
• to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

noun:

• married couple; spouses; husband and wife

noun:

• electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun:

• overall efficiency; combined efficiency; lamp and auxiliary efficacy (industry specific)

noun:

• taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something - four character idiom

noun:

• tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

noun:

• old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep

expression:

• to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one [literal] - proverb

noun / expression:

• sound novel; visual novel; interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics

adjectival noun:

• practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs ➜ 結跏趺坐
• lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal

adverb:

• after all; in the end; when all's said and done
• for the time being; at present

expression / adverb:

• at the very beginning; first of all; before anything else; first and foremost

noun / adjectival noun:

• with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb - four character idiom

noun:

• waste treatment facility; WTF; waste disposal and treatment facility

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flabby; limp; soft and pliable - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• modern times; the modern age; this day and age

adjective:

• firm; persevering; flexible and hard to break ➜ 腰が強い

noun:

• empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace

noun / ~する noun:

• go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• an infinite variety; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging - four character idiom

noun:

• Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons
• Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)