noun:

• portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

noun / ~の noun:

• canopy; dome
• priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests ➜ 虚無僧

noun:

• ancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to knead; to mix with fingers
• to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

noun:

• the emperor's person
• the body of Christ; the Host; the Eucharist; Holy Communion

noun / adjectival noun:

• it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves ➜ 気味【きみ】

expression:

• there are wheels within wheels; there's more than meets the eye - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• admission by a defendant of the justice of a plaintiff's case; cognovit

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position ➜ 立場

noun:

• Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reeves, species of barking deer); Chinese muntjac

noun:

• fisherman's sweater

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

noun:

• catcher's mitt

noun:

• popular diplomacy; public diplomacy; people's diplomacy; diplomacy carried out by non-government officials

noun:

• giant crape-myrtle (Lagerstroemia speciosa); Queen's crape-myrtle; banabá; Pride of India

noun:

• study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
• provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law) - archaism ➜ 大学

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza; bull's eye; bullseye

noun:

• skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

expression:

• woman who has lost a man's affection or interest (as does a fan when summer turns to autumn)

noun / ~する noun:

• dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master) - Buddhism term
• certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)

noun:

• babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day
• normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)

noun:

• hostess bar recruiters, etc. dressed in black suits - colloquialism
• young delinquents wearing black at Aomori's Nebuta festival - colloquialism ➜ ねぶた

noun:

• complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective; overview

expression / ichidan verb:

• to guarantee (someone's ability or the quality of their work); to vouch for; to endorse ➜ 太鼓判を押す

noun:

• attitudinal expression (indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. for the listener or the person being discussed)