noun:

• rich person; wealthy person
• taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them

expression:

• (from rakugo) that's all from me, and now the next speaker ...; expression used to hand over to the next speaker

noun:

• bright red tinged with yellow
• variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region) ➜ 川越芋

noun:

• something-something; yada yada; so-and-so ➜ うんたら

expression:

• East is East, and West is West - proverb

noun:

• blotting sheet (as a cosmetic aid for removing oils and make up); blotting paper; oil absorbing sheet; oil absorbing paper

expression:

• (e.g. to walk, stand, etc., until) one's legs turn to lead; (doing something) until one's legs tire and stiffen

noun:

• sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew
• poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in

noun:

• bow (and arrow)
• unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet)
• unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)

noun:

• young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff

noun:

• Griffiths' pygmy-goby (Trimma griffithsi, found in the Indo-West Pacific); princess pygmy goby (Trimma marinae, found in Japan, New Guinea and Palau)

noun:

• imperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 内裏
• festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress - polite language ➜ 内裏雛

expression / noun:

• too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put away one's bedding
• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed)

noun:

• World Heritage (cultural, natural, etc.); World Cultural and Natural Heritage (UNESCO)

noun:

• (large number of people, esp. students) singing and dancing around a bonfire at night - From English "fire storm"

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】

expression:

• too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb

adjectival noun:

• of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads ➜ 浪花節

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

noun:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)

noun:

• life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
• lifetime; lifespan
• most important thing; foundation; core
• paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
• fate; destiny; karma - archaism

noun:

• black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century)
• product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc.

expression:

• tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency