noun:

• Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

noun / ~する noun:

• dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death ➜ 孤独死

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺り

noun:

• married couple's insurance (i.e. life-insurance policy covering husband and wife)

noun:

• burr (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes) ➜ ひっつき虫

noun:

• chromium oxide (esp. Cr2O3 and CrO3)

noun:

• borscht (Eastern European and Russian soup, usu. made with beets); borsch - From Russian "borshch"

adjectival noun:

• supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal

noun:

• posture in which the legs are firmly planted (in sumo and judo) - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun:

• otaku car (painted with anime characters, loaded with figures and stuffed dolls, etc.) - colloquialism ➜ オタク・ヲタ車・痛車

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness) - Buddhism term

noun:

• sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

noun / ~する noun:

• practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill

noun / ~する noun:

• stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; marking time (for a soldier)
• standstill; stalemate

expression / adjective:

• shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); cunning; crafty
• inedible; uneatable
• unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together

noun / suffix noun:

• sequel; continuation; (also suffix) continuation (in time and space); second series; succession; spell

conjunction:

• but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

adjectival noun:

• restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted

adverb:

• for some reason - of an emotional or psychological state ➜ そぞろに

noun:

• hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry

noun:

• Kannon (Boddhisattva); Kwannon; Avalokitesvara (bodhisattva of mercy and salvation); Guan Yin; Kuan Yin - Buddhism term ➜ 観音菩薩【かんのんぼさつ】・観音【かんのん】

noun:

• star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
• offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
• star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
• circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
• bullseye
• one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
• small dot; spot
• point; score - Sumo term

noun:

• two out; two down (and one to go) - Baseball term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
• to scold; to take (a person) to task