noun:

• semi-European-style house; type of Japanese house incorporating Western elements that was made popular in the 1920s and 1930s

noun:

• offering to a deity or somebody's spirit
• tribute to a person who is about to depart

noun:

• self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll; to tumble
• to fall over; to roll over
• to lie down
• to be scattered about; to be lying around
• (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out
• to come easily; to be common; to fall into one's hands; to grow on trees

expression:

• danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image - Buddhism term

noun:

• countries that currently use Chinese characters in their writing, or have used in their recent past - abbreviation ➜ 漢字文化圏【かんじぶんかけん】

noun:

• immaculate conception; virgin birth; tradition that Jesus was born to Mary although she was a virgin ➜ 処女受胎【しょじょじゅたい】

noun:

• pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink ➜ 田麩【でんぶ】

noun / ~する noun:

• graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
• outgrowing something; moving on (from)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

noun:

• background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context
• backing; support (from behind the scenes)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the mound; being knocked out - Baseball term ➜ 登板
• resigning from a role or position

noun:

• shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)

noun:

• footwear made from synthetic materials; imitation leather shoes - From English "chemical shoes" ➜ ケミカル

noun:

• active substance from plants used in manufacture of soap, detergents and medication - From German "Saponin"

noun:

• smoke and fumes (e.g. from cooking)
• beacon; skyrocket; signal fire
• fireworks

noun:

• family tradition
• wind blowing from the direction of one's home ［いえかぜ］ - archaism

noun:

• man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)

noun:

• yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

adverb:

• from afar; over a great distance; all the way

noun / ~する noun:

• instructions sent in response to a question (from an embassy, consulate, etc.)

noun:

• (in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt

noun:

• (historical) banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment