noun:

• autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

noun:

• ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)

noun:

• splint; brace; epithesis - Medicine term ➜ 副木【ふくぼく】
• splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop ➜ 支柱【しちゅう】

noun:

• palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier

noun:

• taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.)

noun:

• telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

noun:

• parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot - oft. adv. as おうむ返しに

noun / ~する noun:

• (endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet - idiom

noun:

• feel; touch
• impression (of a person)
• most impressive passage; highlight; punch line - orig. meaning
• beginning - colloquialism

noun:

• yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)

noun:

• ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 如是我聞
• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - abbreviation ➜ 十如是

noun:

• young mother (i.e. early twenties or younger, sometimes previously a juvenile delinquent) - ヤン is from ヤンキー or ヤング ➜ ヤンキー・ヤング

noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

noun:

• understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation

noun:

• ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred) ➜ 浮遊霊

noun / ~する noun:

• joining elements so they mate or hook together (e.g. a clutch); engagement

noun:

• trehalose (used in foods as a sweetener, stabilizer and flavor enhancer) (stabiliser) (flavour)

noun:

• melody or flushing sound played by a Japanese toilet to mask excretion sounds

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (providing) covering fire - four character idiom
• supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)

noun:

• get-well card (gift, letter) - four character idiom
• visit to (inquiry after) a sick person

noun:

• the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

noun:

• seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.

expression:

• worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died - vulgar ➜ くたばる