noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

noun:

• child who has survived the suicide of a parent; child of a person who committed suicide

noun / ~する noun:

• running errands; going on errands
• (transaction of) business; going about one's business
• doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
• purveying; purveyor - esp. 用達 ➜ 御用達

noun:

• outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

expression:

• to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

noun:

• indirect principal offender; indirect perpetrator; principal offender in the second degree - Law term ➜ 直接正犯

noun:

• direct principal offender; direct perpetrator; principal offender in the first degree - Law term ➜ 間接正犯

noun / ~する noun:

• perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously

noun:

• side business; job on the side

noun:

• Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii)
• general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood

noun / ~する noun:

• engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• angrily; in a huff; in anger - onomatopoeia
• high on marijuana - onomatopoeia
• tender (to chew) ［プリプリ・ぷりぷり］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• elementary school (in an educational system operated in Japan between 1941 and 1947)

expression:

• In every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb - four character idiom

noun:

• buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)

noun:

• company employee
• member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

noun:

• Japan Defense Agency (Defence) (became Japanese Ministry of Defense in Jan. 2007) ➜ 防衛省

noun:

• piece (in shogi, chess, etc.)
• horse; foal - archaism
• bridge (of a violin, etc.)

noun:

• nut (as in nut and bolt)
• natural unit of information content; nat

noun:

• Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)

noun:

• incisor (esp. in humans) ➜ 門歯

noun / ~する noun:

• grinding one's teeth; bruxism; gnashing of teeth

noun:

• child born within a year of another; children born in consecutive years

noun:

• main building in a Heian palace ➜ 寝殿造
• (historical) main residence of an emperor

noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to cosplay; to dress up in costume (of some anime character, etc.) - slang ➜ コスプレ