noun:

• permanent edition; timeless edition; collector's version; only issue of non-regularly printed magazine or mook

noun:

• unimportant piece of news; news unrelated to major events or pressing social conditions - colloquialism

noun:

• delivery service where package is left in front of door or in designated area; safe drop

noun:

• battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather
• fireman's standard (Edo period)

noun:

• fat underbelly of a fish
• sand polishing
• sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
• chicken gizzard - colloquialism - Food term ➜ 砂嚢

noun:

• being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different)

expression:

• Very sincerely yours ➜ 不一

~の noun / noun:

• peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

noun:

• Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

noun:

• Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles, species of surgeonfish found from the Western Pacific to the East Central Pacific)

noun / ~する noun:

• entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season

noun:

• agapanthus (esp. the African lily, Agapanthus africanus); lily-of-the-nile - From Latin

expression:

• that night; that evening
• over the course of the evening

expression:

• poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention - proverb

noun:

• alarm clock - abbreviation ➜ 目覚まし時計【めざましどけい】
• waking up; keeping oneself awake
• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap ➜ お目覚

noun / ~する noun:

• infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul
• conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; incompatibility; contradiction
• collision; contact; touching - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. - Food term

noun:

• nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

noun:

• streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies) - archaism
• being in great demand

noun:

• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute ➜ 商売人

noun:

• the world; society; the universe
• sphere; circle; world

~の noun:

• renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan

noun:

• realm governed by one Buddha; space - original meaning - Buddhism term

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜

noun:

• waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship)
• water hose outlet (for firefighting)

noun:

• pilaf topped with bechemal or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked - named after the Doria family of Genoa - From Italian "Doria"
• casserole dish dedicated to the Doria family, often with green, white and red colours

expression:

• the blind leading the blind; if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch - proverb