adverb:

• frail and cute (esp. of young women); adorable; lovely

noun:

• dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)

noun:

• Hominini; tribe comprising humans, chimpanzees and bonobos

noun:

• Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Labor Relations Law (1949) - obsolete term ➜ 国営企業労働関係法

noun:

• TV and radio listings (in newspaper, etc.) ➜ ラテ

noun:

• Koushin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures)

noun:

• sedge hat and straw rain cape

noun:

• enfeoffment (incl. bestowal of government post and court rank)

noun:

• tax and service charge included - from 税金 and サービス - abbreviation

noun:

• northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)

noun:

• southern Japan (usu. referring to Kyushu and southwards)

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy - abbreviation ➜ 科学技術政策担当大臣【かがくぎじゅつせいさくたんとうだいじん】

noun:

• hot and sour soup - Food term - From Chinese "suān là tāng"

noun:

• Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)

noun:

• Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ➜ 文部科学大臣

noun:

• soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin - abbreviation ➜ 味付け玉子【あじつけたまご】

noun:

• burning earth, e.g. for sterilization and converting compost

noun:

• ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ➜ イスラム国

noun:

• wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at Shinto festivals

noun:

• computer game based on music and rhythm

noun:

• Italian-style pastry and cake shop; pasticceria - From Italian

noun:

• competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools ➜ 受験

noun:

• MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)

noun:

• US Open (esp. tennis and golf championships)