noun:

• night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 汲み取り便所・壷【つぼ】・便槽

noun:

• multilingual; in many languages

noun / ~する noun:

• long silence; not making contact for a long time

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins

interjection:

• you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around

expression:

• if you ask me ...; as for ... ➜ どちらかと言うと

noun:

• geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha
• geisha on call ➜ 検番芸者

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom

noun:

• philandering; itch for women - oft. as 女癖が悪い

noun:

• Odontaspididae; family of four species in two genera of lamniform sand sharks, also known as sand tiger sharks or ragged tooth sharks

noun:

• mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning

noun:

• recycling bin; recycling box

noun:

• mass-produced arrows; arrows for target practice

noun:

• budgetary request guidelines; ceiling for budget requests

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• land investment; investment in land

noun:

• Proscylliidae; family of finback catsharks containing seven species in four genera

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

noun:

• Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• malicious intent; inclination for wrongdoing
• rebellious mind

noun:

• Alawi; Islamic mystical group centred in Syria ➜ アラウィー

noun:

• Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament

noun:

• drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

noun:

• two-dimensional complex; people more interested in two-dimensional (i.e. anime or manga) girls than real people

noun:

• shitpost; worthless post or thread in an Internet forum - slang ➜ スレ

noun:

• attending a meeting; participating in a meeting