noun:

• Turkish bath
• soapland (brothel where one can bathe with the prostitutes) - sensitive ➜ ソープランド

noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

expression / adverb:

• whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

noun / ~する noun:

• pressing clothes, etc. by placing them under the bedding while one sleeps

noun:

• parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot - oft. adv. as おうむ返しに

noun:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 駄目で元々

noun / ~の noun:

• woman who missed the chance of getting married (because one is too old)

noun:

• simple thermal hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)

noun:

• fare box; place where one puts the money required to ride public transportation

noun:

• yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of a trigram) ➜ 卦

noun:

• government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant - archaism

noun:

• Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

suffix / counter:

• counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

noun:

• Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters ➜ 昴

noun:

• kuruma prawn (esp. a small one, i.e. less than 10 cm in length) ➜ 車海老

noun:

• shoes with thick soles to make one look taller - From English "secret shoes"

expression:

• saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

expression:

• better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb

noun:

• Pseudotriakidae; family with only one species of false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon

noun:

• half flush; winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混一色

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】

noun / ~する noun:

• recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment

noun:

• graduate's association; alumni meeting; class reunion

noun:

• finder's fee; reward; honorarium
• key money