expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

noun:

• eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi) - archaism

adjective:

• comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

noun:

• carpal (any of the bones of the carpus in the wrist)

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

noun:

• role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

noun:

• kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break)

noun:

• Galeocerdo (genus in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the tiger shark)

noun:

• ten best people (in a particular field)

noun:

• dressed up (in fine clothes)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.) - idiom

noun:

• home room (in a school)

noun:

• right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth

noun:

• scaphoid bone (in wrist near thumb)

pre-noun adjectival:

• Mother (as in Mother Earth, Mother Nature, etc.) ➜ 母なる自然

noun:

• label (e.g. in programming languages) - IT term

expression / noun:

• Arab Spring (revolutionary wave in the Arab world, 2010-2011)

noun:

• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

noun:

• Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• lingering heat (in autumn) - obscure term

noun:

• bidder (e.g. in an auction)

noun:

• singles (in tennis)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• launch impression (e.g. of new product in advertising); launch impact; presense

noun:

• (light) scoring (in cooking)