noun:

• tangible side of things (such as equipment and facilities; as opposed to the abstract side) ➜ ソフト面

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 閉月羞花【へいげつしゅうか】・羞月閉花【しゅうげつへいか】・沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】

noun:

• people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato

noun:

• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - Buddhism term

expression:

• day after day; day in and day out; every single day

noun:

• heart and soul; one's soul (heart)

noun:

• country; countryside
• country; country and western - Music term ➜ カントリーアンドウエスタン
• country; nation

noun:

• rice and money; money to purchase rice

noun:

• complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet - four character idiom

noun:

• electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information

noun:

• test plan; system test and evaluation plan - IT term

noun:

• logic unit; arithmetic and logic unit; ALU - IT term

noun:

• electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information - abbreviation ➜ 電子情報

noun:

• treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty

expression:

• ladies and gentlemen!; roll up, roll up!

noun:

• mountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze

noun:

• home and country
• state; country
• home town

noun / suffix noun:

• kneading; gloss; tempering

noun or verb acting prenominally / noun:

• paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste)

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals - orig. 邌り, usu. お練り - Shintō term ➜ 練り歩く【ねりあるく】・お練り【おねり】

noun:

• essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; accompaniment; appendage; accessory
• front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

noun:

• single crime consisting of multiple independent crimes (i.e. robbery, which consists of theft and threats or use of violence)

noun:

• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り

noun:

• reversal; return
• return gift; return favour (favor) ➜ お返し
• barb (on a fishing hook)
• mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

noun:

• Argus monitor (Varanus panoptes, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea); yellow-spotted monitor

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

noun / expression:

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