expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.)

expression / noun:

• seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

godan ~る verb:

• to have your party wiped out (in the RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne) - slang

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun:

• striated surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus, species of bristletooth tang native to the Indo- Pacific)

noun:

• twospot surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus binotatus, species of bristletooth tang native to the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• luvar (Luvarus imperialis, species of perciform fish closely related to the surgeonfish)

noun:

• side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine) ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)

noun:

• inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.) - From Ainu

noun:

• man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out ➜ 雨男

noun:

• woman who causes the weather to become sunny when she goes out ➜ 雨女

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun:

• imperial palace
• capital; metropolis
• Keijou (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation) ➜ ソウル

expression / noun:

• video game in which the player is likely to die frequently - slang ➜ ゲー

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to the previous page (in an internet browser) - colloquialism - From English "browser back"