noun:

• (railway, bus, highway) route designed or designated to meet a specific problem
• countermeasure program (policy)

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

noun:

• flux (substance mixed with a solid in order to lower its melting point); fusing agent

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• Luvaridae; family containing one extant species of perciform fish similar to a surgeonfish

noun:

• branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
• abatis

noun:

• Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

noun:

• pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow

noun:

• use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words

noun:

• paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer

noun:

• pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program - From English "radio name"

noun:

• party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils - from Mickey Mouse - Kansai dialect ➜ ボンナイフ

noun / ~する noun:

• reading but not responding to a text message (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

noun / ~する noun:

• leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship

noun:

• chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies ➜ 司会者【しかいしゃ】

noun:

• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko

godan ~く verb:

• to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged

noun / ~する noun:

• dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death