noun:

• educational visit (e.g. by a class); educational field trip

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福・ひょっとこ
• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc. - abbreviation ➜ お亀蕎麦

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

noun:

• sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; Mar. 26, 2010)

noun:

• credit protection (by seizing assets in anticipation of a default); preventive attachment

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress (formerly used by court ladies) ➜ 檜扇

noun:

• Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 翼

noun / ~する noun:

• personal meeting (esp. used by females) ➜ お目にかかる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner) - Sumo term
• to declare someone the winner (of a competition)

noun:

• 16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Pseudocarcharias (sole genus of the family Pseudocarchariidae containing one species of crocodile shark)

noun:

• the (one's) whole body - four character idiom

noun:

• Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 胃

noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

noun:

• garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to a club (one was formerly a member of) - colloquialism - obscure term

noun:

• White Peril (i.e. takeover by white race(s))

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

noun:

• (member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers

noun:

• certificate of lateness (issued by a railroad company, etc.)

noun:

• payment in advance (by bank transfer)

noun:

• Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) - abbreviation ➜ 参院予算委員会