noun:

• Shughni (language spoken in Pamir mountains in Afghanistan and Tajikistan)

noun:

• break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.).

noun:

• clouds appearing before the wind starts to blow
• winds and clouds - esp. かぜくも ➜ 風雲【ふううん】

noun:

• placing a minor under protective detention; imposing a care and custody order

noun:

• pot dish with white flesh fish and shottsuru sauce (Akita regional dish) ➜ 塩汁【しょっつる】

noun:

• rasbora (small minnow-like fish of genera Boraras, Microrasbora, Rasbora, and Trigonostigma)

noun:

• three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary ➜ 大臣【だいじん】・副大臣・政務官

noun:

• flag used at funerals showing the name and rank of the deceased

noun:

• one-yen taxi (in the Taisho and Showa periods); taxi - abbr. of 一円タクシー

noun:

• grounds of a Shinto shrine
• enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods

expression / noun:

• different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

expression:

• the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths [literal] - proverb

noun:

• shirt with white cuffs and collar; cleric shirt

expression / noun:

• people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s

noun:

• mobile website; website oriented to smartphones and tablets - IT term

noun:

• three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

noun / suffix noun:

• sequel; continuation; (also suffix) continuation (in time and space); second series; succession; spell

noun:

• energy - From German "Energie" ➜ エナジー
• strength; power; stamina; get-up-and-go
• food energy; calories

noun / ~する noun:

• practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there; little by little; sporadically; scattered in drops

noun:

• dots; spots

particle / conjunction:

• if; when
• and
• with
• particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.) ➜ って

noun:

• promoted pawn - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ と金

particle:

• ? - at sentence end; indicates question - Kyūshū dialect

noun / ~の noun:

• living flesh; flesh and blood
• physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva ［しょうじん］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• Japanese language
• native Japanese words (esp. not Chinese and other foreign loanwords)

noun / ~する noun:

• opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

noun:

• Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information System; CAPTAIN System