noun:

• man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out ➜ 雨男

noun:

• woman who causes the weather to become sunny when she goes out ➜ 雨女

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun:

• merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

noun:

• imperial palace
• capital; metropolis
• Keijou (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation) ➜ ソウル

expression / noun:

• video game in which the player is likely to die frequently - slang ➜ ゲー

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to the previous page (in an internet browser) - colloquialism - From English "browser back"

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• unrelated; irrelevant; indifferent Antonym: 有縁

~の noun / noun:

• without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives
• unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term Antonym: 有縁

noun:

• self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") - れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb ➜ 迷惑の受身【めいわくのうけみ】
• indicates the potential form - no imperative form
• indicates spontaneous occurrence - no imperative form
• used as an honorific for others' actions - no imperative form - honorific language

ichidan verb:

• to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself - idiom

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb ➜ 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb

noun:

• traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ➜ 羽織
• livery coat ➜ 印半纏
• half the sky ［半天］
• mid-air; middle of the sky ［半天］

noun:

• photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation ➜ コラージュ
• kora (West-African instrument)
• kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term

noun:

• old clothes; secondhand clothing

noun:

• black clothes

noun:

• Sunday best (clothes)

noun:

• work clothes; business suit