noun:

• clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)

noun:

• extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge) ➜ 枢【くるる】

noun:

• using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period) ➜ 百面相
• simple paper mask ➜ 目鬘

noun:

• honorary white (non-white person, including the Japanese, that were given certain privileges during the apartheid regime of South Africa); honorary whites

noun:

• Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month - From English

suffix noun:

• from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
• aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above

noun:

• first volume (e.g. book) ➜ 下【げ】・上巻

noun / prefix:

• superior quality; best; top; high class
• going up
• governmental; imperial
• presenting; showing

prefix:

• ana- (medical, biol.)

noun:

• hanger-on; dependent
• someone who is received coldly
• third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate) - familiar language

expression / adjectival noun:

• thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

adverb:

• somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

noun / ~する noun:

• choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location

noun:

• standpoint; position

expression:

• concerning; regarding
• per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

noun:

• decapitation; beheading - sensitive
• firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing
• small samurai sword used for decapitation

noun:

• digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
• sweet potato digger

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to run into (room, building, etc.)
• to go for long training runs

noun:

• document circulated to staff to obtain approval (for a decision, policy, etc.)

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• (watching) vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon; with an eagle eye - four character idiom

noun:

• clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting ➜ 密会

noun:

• good match; suitable candidate (for marriage)
• good opportunity to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term

noun:

• Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.) ➜ 十七殿

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to elaborate a plan; to think up something clever for variety's sake

expression / ichidan verb:

• to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain

noun:

• Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China - derogatory term ➜ 東夷【あずまえびす】・西戎【せいじゅう】

noun:

• individual (different) ways of doing things; being different (varied) for each item (type) - four character idiom