noun:

• friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends

expression:

• our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea [literal] - proverb

expression:

• money speaks louder than words; money is better than (empty) words; yen bills over salutations [literal] - pun on 挨拶 and 円札 both ending in さつ - proverb - humorous term

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be deserved; to be worth it; to have merit; to have value

noun:

• bun
• van (caravan)
• bang ➜ ビッグバン

noun / ~する noun:

• ban (esp. of a player from an online game)

noun / ~の noun:

• new face; newcomer; rookie; fresh recruit
• modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

noun:

• pochette; pouch (usu. hung from the shoulder by a long cord) - From French

suffix noun / noun:

• itself

noun:

• one's own body; oneself

adverb:

• originally; naturally; by nature; from the start

noun:

• canned tuna (from sea chicken, orig. a brand name)

noun:

• Korean alcoholic beverage made from flour or sticky rice; makkolli; makgeolli - From Korean "maggeoli"

noun / ~する noun:

• stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution - From English "match pump, i.e. lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump"

noun:

• "goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period

noun:

• dripping; drop; trickle
• water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws water from the sea

noun:

• (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming unworldly; being free from worldliness; not keeping up with social norms ➜ 世離れる

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 土用干し

noun:

• yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)

noun:

• obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables - Sumo term

noun:

• being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government - four character idiom

noun:

• var. of traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper, made from high-quality mulberry wood ➜ 奉書

noun:

• dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings) ➜ 鈍い【にぶい】

noun:

• mille crepe (French cake made from layers of crepes) - From French

noun:

• condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile) - Food term

noun:

• favorable condition (for entering the priesthood) - Buddhism term
• dying in order (from oldest to youngest)