noun:

• lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine ➜ 釣り灯籠

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment of a family registry (separate from one's parents')

noun:

• hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - derogatory or familiar

noun:

• samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
• type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

expression:

• curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

noun:

• being a match for a thousand - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have a talented child despite being untalented oneself; a kite gives birth to a hawk [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

expression / adjective:

• have no choice
• there is nothing but
• no more than

expression:

• no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about

adjectival noun:

• entirely useless; completely worthless ➜ 駄目

interjection:

• no no; don't! ➜ 駄目

noun / suffix:

• historical view; view of history (from a given point of view)

noun:

• barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
• command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition
• descent from heaven - orig. meaning

noun:

• no-hit no-run game

noun:

• no operation instruction; no op - IT term

noun:

• economy of scale; cost saving or benefit from having a larger scale (e.g. of production) - From English "scale merit" ➜ 規模効果

noun:

• spore-bearing plant; spore plant

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking ➜ 喫煙

expression:

• No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited! - on a sign

noun:

• dustproof clothing one would use in a cleanroom

noun:

• (being separated only by a) narrow strip of water; narrow strait (channel, river) - four character idiom

noun:

• couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born) - obscure term

noun:

• couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born) - obscure term - From French ➜ 擬娩

noun:

• round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name ➜ 騙る【かたる】