noun:

• onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori) - polite language

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)

noun:

• hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds) ➜ 下町・山手【やまて】
• place near the mountains ➜ 山手【やまて】

noun:

• Osteichthyes; class comprising the bony fishes (and sometimes their descendants, i.e. tetrapods)

noun:

• all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8) - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)

noun:

• public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

noun:

• public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels) - abbreviation ➜ 簡易宿所

noun:

• brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area
• miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

noun:

• shoe rack (in genkan); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)

noun:

• cake salé; salty, unsweet pound cake (usu. incl. cheese and vegetables) - Food term - From French

noun:

• goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)

noun:

• règle des trois unités; the three unities (time, place and action)

noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

noun:

• Lemuriformes; infraorder containing the lemurs (and sometimes the lorises and galagos)

noun:

• ensign (navy); second lieutenant (marine and army)

noun:

• namahage; folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula (villagers dress up as them on New Year's Eve and frighten children)

noun:

• competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against) - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

noun:

• secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China) ➜ 主席

noun:

• pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) - Mahjong term

noun:

• gatekeeper (in suicide prevention); person who prevents others from committing suicide (by noticing they are depressed and talking to them about it, etc.)
• gatekeeper (in media, networking, etc.)

noun:

• pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• all sorts of birds; hundreds (and thousands) of birds - archaism
• plover ➜ 千鳥
• Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale ➜ 鶯