noun:

• person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)

noun:

• wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

noun:

• merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

expression:

• just as one was told; like she (he) said

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier ➜ 内閣総理大臣

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ コスチュームプレー

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• pop
• signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)

noun / ~の noun:

• one's own handwriting; autograph
• as written with a brush

expression:

• ... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected (from ...)

noun:

• footwear (esp. outdoor shoes, as opposed to slippers, etc.); footgear

adjectival noun / noun:

• looking or acting as if one owned the place

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

noun:

• flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)

noun:

• headhunting; collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies

noun / ~する noun:

• consultation at an office (as opposed to a house call) ➜ 往診

noun:

• national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)

adverb:

• as if it were true; with seeming truth; plausibly ➜ 実しやか

expression:

• Japan and Korea as one (slogan from 1910-1945)

noun / ~の noun:

• familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family

noun:

• holy water
• urine, especially as relates to urolagnia or urophilia

noun:

• ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

noun:

• Southern Buddhism (as practiced in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia) ➜ 北方仏教

noun:

• Abe Cabinet (inaugurated as the Japanese government, 2006-09-26) ➜ 公明党・自由民主党

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• clear and resounding (as a voice or musical instrument)