noun:

• territorial island; island regarded as attached to a country

noun / adjectival noun:

• having refined and distinguished features; having a bright face

noun:

• shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to get married; to contract a marriage
• to form a connection (with Buddha) - Buddhism term ➜ 結縁【けちえん】

noun / ~する noun:

• (endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet - idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile

noun:

• noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa

noun:

• political realignment; a realignment of political parties - four character idiom

noun:

• Dharmakara Bodhisattva; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation - Buddhism term

noun:

• wheel mouse; computer mouse with a wheel - IT term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bow slightly; to make a slight bow

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have an idea; to have a clue

expression:

• being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it [literal] - idiom

noun:

• four concealed triplets (yakuman); four concealed three-of-a-kinds - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 暗刻【アンコー】・役満

noun:

• deuteragonist; secondary or supporting actor in a noh or kyogen play (possibly multiple actors) ➜ 仕手

~の noun / noun:

• once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign - four character idiom

noun:

• karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle) ➜ 唐破風

expression / noun:

• daily meals; three regular meals a day

noun:

• female infertility; inability to carry a pregnancy to full term - Medicine term ➜ 不妊症

counter:

• double; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look dead on the inside; to have a blank expression - colloquialism - idiom

expression:

• any number of people; a large number of people

noun:

• sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
• designs and objects with a wavy pattern
• sweet mochi cake ➜ 素甘【すあま】

noun:

• festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil ➜ 宵祭り【よいまつり】