noun:

• flower circle (equiv. of gold star awarded to kids for good work at school) ➜ 二重丸

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)

noun:

• Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation") ➜ 悪貨は良貨を駆逐する

noun:

• waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution) - Martial Arts term

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

noun:

• pillow stuffed with chrysanthemum petals (allegedly good for headaches)

noun:

• daughter (of a good family) - honorific language - Kansai dialect ➜ こいさん

noun:

• youngest daughter (of a good family) - from 小いとさん - honorific language - Kansai dialect ➜ いとさん

noun:

• (good) advice

noun:

• kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest) ➜ 神【かみ】
• goddess of (lucky) directions ➜ 歳徳神

noun:

• mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck) - obscure term
• Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)

noun:

• mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck) ［しんき］ - obscure term
• Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era

noun:

• the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor - four character idiom

noun:

• Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

adjectival noun / noun:

• being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity

noun:

• sensibility (artistic, moral); (good) taste; sentiment

expression / adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

expression / ~よい adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be fragrant; to smell (good) - usu. 匂う
• to stink; to smell (bad) - usu. 臭う
• to glow; to be bright
• to smack of; to show hints of

noun:

• jinx; omen (can be a good omen)

expression:

• through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

noun:

• superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape
• to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

noun:

• omen; sign (usually good)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)