noun:

• place of refuge (figurative); outlet (for an emotion, anger, etc.)

noun:

• hair of different color mixed into an animal's coat (colour)

noun:

• win an election due to another's death or disqualification

expression / adjective:

• remaining firm; sticking by one's principles; not budging an inch

noun:

• member country of the executive committee in an international organization (organisation)

expression:

• receiving a windfall; having an unexpected piece of good luck ➜ 棚牡丹

noun:

• happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante - four character idiom

noun:

• learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family) - four character idiom

noun:

• (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election) - four character idiom

expression:

• incredible danger; (handing a) sword to an insane person [literal] - sensitive

noun:

• blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)

noun:

• blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address) - abbreviation - slang ➜ 着信拒否

expression:

• disdaining everybody; not caring an ounce about other people's feelings

noun:

• Oomoto (religious sect founded in 1892 as an offshoot of Shinto)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to buy an advance sales ticket (for a reserved seat)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed) - obscure term ➜ 床を上げる

noun:

• word used after an addressee's name in a formal letter - female language - polite language ➜ 脇付

noun:

• top up (e.g. a little bit to remedy an insufficiency) ➜ 足しになる

noun:

• manga that has been rejected by an editor ➜ 没・ネーム

noun:

• alundum (material made of fused aluminum usu. used as an abrasive)

noun:

• person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.

noun:

• careful and thorough person
• older male in an homosexual relationship ［ねんじゃ］ ➜ 若衆【わかしゅ】

noun:

• Iceland catshark (Apristurus laurussonii, an Atlantic species)

noun / ~する noun:

• song and dance performed as an offering to the gods ➜ 神楽

noun:

• person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc. ➜ 帰宅困難者