expression:

• one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom

noun:

• form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)

noun:

• recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom

noun:

• not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes) - four character idiom

noun:

• inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun:

• functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned) ➜ 本開き
• surgeon's cuffs

noun:

• functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned) ➜ 本切羽
• surgeon's cuffs

noun / ~する noun:

• discarding; abandoning - archaism - Buddhism term
• variety of street performance from the Middle Ages ［ほうか］
• casting off one's attachments (in Zen) ［ほうげ］

expression:

• seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon) ➜ 秋の七草

noun:

• Randall's pygmy goby (Trimma randalli, species in Palau and the Philippines)

noun:

• 1932 Theses; Comintern policy documents urging overthrow of Japan's imperial and metayage systems

noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

noun:

• child from an earlier wife ➜ 後腹【あとばら】
• preceding one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) ［さきばら］ ➜ 追い腹

noun / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

noun:

• owned media (communication channels that are within one's control; e.g. company website) ➜ ペイドメディア・アーンドメディア

noun:

• lodging; inn; hotel
• house; home; dwelling
• home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

noun:

• the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)

adverb:

• supposing; even if; granting that; for argument's sake
• temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

noun / ~する noun:

• pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

noun:

• one's every action; every single move
• slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work

noun:

• vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine
• thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth

noun:

• athlete's foot
• water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti)
• Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter