noun:

• field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations) - archaism

noun:

• buddy system; the idea that divers always dive with a buddy to assist each other

noun:

• standing by at home (e.g. to prevent the spread of illness)
• being on furlough; being temporarily laid off

noun:

• kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)

noun:

• initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages
• initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

noun:

• luo han guo (Siraitia grosvenorii); herbaceous perennial vine native to China and Thailand; fruit of the Siraita grosvenorii

noun:

• Jaws of Life (apparatus used to pry apart the wreckage of crashed vehicles) - trademark

noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

noun:

• German silver; nickel silver
• silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods

noun:

• goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)

noun / ~する noun:

• name given to the deceased; posthumous name; posthumous title

expression:

• as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain - four character idiom

expression:

• let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界

noun:

• toe-in (alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back)

noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way

expression:

• from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

noun / ~の noun:

• war renunciation; anti-war
• bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers - Sumo term

expression:

• when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping

expression:

• the style is the man; the style is the man himself - from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc - proverb

noun:

• the other side of a river
• the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live - sensitive