noun:

• the skin (of a human being)
• warmth of the skin; body warmth

noun:

• the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels)
• the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC and digital camera)

expression / adjective:

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

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

expression:

• you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb

noun:

• north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

conjunction / interjection:

• then; well; so; well then ➜ では
• combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles ➜ で・で・で・で・は

auxiliary:

• plain copula ［じゃ］ - Kansai dialect ➜ だ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

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

noun:

• one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun:

• electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone

noun:

• Borneo shark (Carcharhinus borneensis, species of requiem shark found in Borneo and China)

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited - obscure term

noun:

• sweetfish sushi; ayu sushi; belly of sweetfish salted, pickled and served on rice

noun:

• Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

noun:

• lipstick that actors put on their earlobes, cheeks and corners of eyes
• lipstick discreetly put on the earlobes or the corners of the eyes (by women)

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

particle:

• indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
• indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

conjunction:

• but; however; still; and
• regardless of; whether (or not) - after the volitional form of a verb

noun:

• paper width
• allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space
• binding for calligraphy and paintings

noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンペ

noun:

• form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap

noun:

• type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)