noun:

• non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space

adverb / conjunction:

• later on; shortly; presently; afterwards; in due course; by and by ［追って］
• P.S.

noun:

• knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; fetters
• arrest
• rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)

noun:

• partner (esp. in manzai); companion ［相方］ ➜ 漫才
• partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

noun / ~の noun:

• aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature

noun:

• match-up between wrestlers from different divisions who will probably 'switch' divisions in new ranking - Sumo term

noun:

• ti; si; 7th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• brimming with fighting spirit; being strong in the will to fight; burning with combativeness - four character idiom

noun:

• there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• awe-inspiring; majestic; commanding; stately; with an imposing air; in a stately (dignified) manner - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul - four character idiom

noun:

• in company; among people ［じんちゅう］ ➜ 人中【ひとなか】
• philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip - Anatomy term

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• oversized (clothing); baggy - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly - onomatopoeia
• sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing - onomatopoeia

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• ashamed deep down in one's heart; blushing with shame when one remembers something - four character idiom

noun:

• Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

noun:

• main menu in a restaurant, as opposed to the lunchtime menu

noun:

• aiming for a lucky break (e.g. in horse racing, betting on an unlikely horse)

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン

noun / ~する noun:

• going along with something; following the crowd
• treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

noun:

• cowshed
• cow farmer
• restaurant specializing in beef dishes
• store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef

noun:

• New Ainu Law (passed in 1997, aiming at promoting and protecting Ainu culture)

noun / suffix noun:

• elder brother ➜ 兄【あに】

pronoun:

• pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure; Mister; Mr - familiar language - male language

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger) ➜ 白目【しろめ】
• to faint

noun:

• Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey (species found in the Northwest Pacific)