expression:

• confirmed as completed - often at end of document ➜ 完【かん】・以上【いじょう】
• everything must go (e.g. in a sale) - abbreviation ➜ 完全完売【かんぜんかんばい】

noun:

• nursing; caring for the sick
• deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed

noun:

• meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館

noun:

• drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting

noun:

• table d'hôte; set meal (usu. in a hotel) - From French ➜ アラカルト

adverb:

• seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

noun:

• top-hinged window shutter (often held open with a pole)

noun:

• tipping a wheelchair back (e.g. to negotiate stairs)

noun:

• sawachi ryouri; assorted cold food served on a large plate

noun:

• running away from home for a very short time ➜ 家出

noun:

• staffing a retail outlet with one person - From English "one operation"

noun:

• A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)

noun:

• engaging the clutch (usu. on a motorcycle) - From English "clutch meet"

noun:

• emphasizing one's good qualities; presenting oneself in a favorable light - From English "self-produce" ➜ 自己演出【じこえんしゅつ】

noun:

• patterned cloth laid on a table or Buddhist altar; antependium

noun:

• large lever used to control a train - From English "master controller"

noun:

• snowrose (Serissa japonica); tree of a thousand stars; Japanese boxthorn

noun:

• baseball played without a second base (children's game)

noun:

• fire truck (specifically one equipped with a pump); pumper

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils ➜ ミッキーナイフ

noun:

• region code (e.g. of a DVD)

noun:

• stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature ➜ 弱冷房車【じゃくれいぼうしゃ】

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb