noun:

• amount of remittance

expression / noun:

• redistribution of wealth

noun:

• report of a school absence

noun:

• licensed entertainment of customers ➜ 風適法・風俗営業

noun:

• den of thieves
• brothel; red-light district ➜ 売春宿
• cluttered room - colloquialism

noun:

• train of dress; trailing skirt ➜ 引き摺り
• woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion ➜ 引き摺り

noun:

• pattern of white spots; dapples

noun:

• small block of wood used to clean one's buttocks after defecating

expression / noun:

• God of the gaps

expression:

• losing the means of livelihood ➜ 食い上げ

noun:

• sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

noun:

• hopes of the people

noun:

• classification of fragrant woods used as incense

noun:

• proof-reader; proofreader

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

noun:

• tactic of avoiding hitting the ball (e.g. to tire out the pitcher) - Baseball term - From English "waiting"
• waiting; holding back; refraining

noun:

• fried mixture of minced pork, miso, mirin, etc. (Okinawan dish) - from アンダ + ミスー

noun:

• standing member-nation of the UN Security Council

noun:

• the world of sports

noun:

• part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

noun:

• status of forces agreement; SOFA

noun:

• stink of blood or meat; meat eating barbarian (i.e. Westerner)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

noun:

• eye of a typhoon