expression / noun:

• some book; book about that subject
• books

expression:

• it seems so; that's what it looks like - colloquialism

noun:

• semi-European-style house; type of Japanese house incorporating Western elements that was made popular in the 1920s and 1930s

expression / noun:

• non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt ➜ 回転寿司

noun:

• miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke ➜ 片山貝

noun:

• Yokozuna Deliberation Committee; body that recommends promotion of wrestlers to grand champions - Sumo term

noun:

• Mycobacterium leprae; the bacteria that causes Hansen's disease (leprosy)

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

conjunction:

• nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so ➜ 然れど【されど】

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day [literal]

noun:

• cutting apart; something that has been cut apart ➜ 断ち切る

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after
• to have lingering effects

noun:

• Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown

noun:

• show-off bra; wearing clothes that reveal part of the bra (on purpose)

noun:

• beautiful dew; comparing the beauty of dew to that of a flower

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the present year; at that time

expression:

• needless to say; it goes without saying that

expression:

• from what (I've) seen; given that ...

noun:

• no game; game that is stopped before it can be considered an official game (e.g. due to rainout) - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• unwinding of funds transfer obligations; requesting a bank to return money that was transferred (e.g in error or in excess)

noun:

• Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

noun:

• affluent; branch stream that flows into a main stream ➜ 支流

noun:

• independent city; city that is not part of another local government entity

noun:

• naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation ➜ 自然木
• natural wood

noun:

• Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period