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)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sell well; to sell out
• to be in order
• to be sociable; to be worldly and understanding

noun:

• monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita'); seniorita banana; var. of banana producing small fruit - From English "monkey banana"

noun:

• the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing ➜ 五大【ごだい】
• five practices of the Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term
• the five pillars of Islam ➜ 六信五行

noun:

• the sun ［てんとう・てんどう］
• god of heaven and the earth ［てんとう・てんどう］
• laws governing the heavens ［てんとう・てんどう］
• celestial path; celestial motion ［てんとう・てんどう］ - Astronomy term
• deva realm (svarga) - Buddhism term ➜ 六道
• path in the heavens ［あまじ］

expression / adverb:

• at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

noun:

• treatment offered at beauty salons, etc. usually including hair care, scalp care and head massage - From English "head spa"
• salon offering hair care, scalp care, etc.

noun:

• chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach) - archaism ➜ 栴檀【せんだん】
• light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

noun:

• noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) ［はんにゃめん］
• dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes