expression:

• any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way; if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper [literal] - proverb

noun:

• terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses ➜ 兵馬

noun:

• selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner

noun:

• place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position - archaism

noun:

• keitai-mail friend (someone one keeps in touch with only by typing messages with one's thumb) - obscure term - slang ➜ 親指

noun:

• splash; spray
• chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.); getting mixed up in

noun:

• blackeye rabbitfish (Siganus puelloides, species of rabbitfish found in the Maldives and the Similan Islands)

noun:

• Triaenodon (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the whitetip reef shark)

noun:

• crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia ➜ クロコダイルモニター

noun:

• Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Luzon and the Catanduanes Islands in the Philippines)

noun:

• lace monitor (Varanus varius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in eastern Australia); lace goanna ➜ レース大蜥蜴【レースおおとかげ】

noun:

• low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

noun:

• Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)

noun:

• puppet powered by (falling) water; water-powered contrivance; show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)

noun:

• man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore [literal]

noun:

• artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark ➜ 入り浜
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones ➜ 上げ石

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either - abbreviation ➜ やっぱり
• still; as before - abbreviation
• even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same - abbreviation
• as expected - abbreviation

noun:

• teyo-dawa speech; mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be decided; to be settled
• to look good in (clothes)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to help; to assist; to aid
• to contribute to; to be a factor in

noun:

• one's company; company one works for

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• in-house; belonging to the company

adverb:

• just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that - after past tense of verb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to distinguish in writing; to use different writing styles ［書き分ける］
• to draw (identifiably) - usu. 描き分ける

noun:

• hero package (commercial in which the product is the hero of the segment)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make oneself understood (in some language)
• to be able to relieve oneself ➜ 用を足す【ようをたす】