noun:

• masculine face (on a woman)

noun:

• arrest on a separate charge

noun:

• inscription on a temple bell

noun:

• style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get on a horse; to mount a horse

expression:

• a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness - four character idiom

noun:

• a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful - four character idiom

noun:

• wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

noun / ~する noun:

• holding; gripping

noun:

• grip (sword, gun, etc.); hilt; handle

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be a wet-blanket; to spoil a person's pleasure

noun / adjectival noun:

• in a hurry; hustle; person who's always in a rush - Kansai dialect

noun:

• public prosecutor's record of a statement given before a prosecutor - from 検察官面前調書 - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board
• making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer

noun:

• station melody; departure melody; melody sounded on a station platform just before the doors of a train are closed

noun:

• Turkish bath
• soapland (brothel where one can bathe with the prostitutes) - sensitive ➜ ソープランド

noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

expression / adverb:

• whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

noun / ~の noun:

• woman who missed the chance of getting married (because one is too old)

noun:

• simple thermal hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)

noun:

• fare box; place where one puts the money required to ride public transportation

noun:

• government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant - archaism

noun:

• Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

suffix / counter:

• counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

noun:

• Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters ➜ 昴

noun:

• shoes with thick soles to make one look taller - From English "secret shoes"

expression:

• saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)