expression / adverb:

• speaking of... (used to introduce a topic emphatically) - after a noun

noun:

• bath of dried leaves (esp. daikon and turnip) - obscure term

noun:

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI - abbreviation ➜ 経済産業省

noun:

• point of intersection

noun:

• the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)

noun / ~する noun:

• start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on

noun:

• celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
• gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

noun:

• vote of confidence

noun:

• exhibition of original images

expression:

• the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains

noun:

• philosophy of life - From German "Lebensphilosophie"

adjectival noun:

• at the point of death; almost dead; about to die
• at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)

noun:

• minutes of a pre-trial hearing; records of a preliminary examination

noun:

• farewell cups of water

noun:

• sixth of the sexagenary cycle

noun:

• mistake of fact

noun:

• in the middle of a line

noun:

• level of maturity (not used for mental maturity)

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

noun:

• system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki ➜ 繦

noun:

• federation of states; confederation of nations

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely

noun / ~の noun:

• pursuit of profits; profit-seeking

noun:

• a type of fox spirit