noun:

• order of the 1st class

noun:

• being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged - four character idiom

noun:

• negotiable certificate of deposit

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

noun:

• doorman in charge of footwear

expression:

• the first sign of bad luck; the first bad omen ➜ けちをつける

noun:

• rivalry for the heart of a woman ➜ 恋の鞘当て【こいのさやあて】
• quarrel over something trivial - from two samurai quarreling because the sheaths of their swords happened to touch

noun:

• university of technology; science and technology college - abbreviation ➜ 技術科学大学【ぎじゅつかがくだいがく】

noun:

• Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Rays

noun:

• port at the mouth of a river

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom

noun:

• "before the spirit of the deceased" (written on the condolence-money envelope)

noun:

• system of crystallization; system of crystallisation

noun:

• type of carbuncle ➜ 癰

noun:

• flock of sparrows

noun:

• delegation of authority (power); devolution; empowerment - four character idiom

noun:

• the first bonito of the season

noun:

• beginning of autumn - obsolete term
• seventh month of the lunar calendar

noun / ~の noun:

• neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence - four character idiom

noun:

• host of soldiers; many soldiers

noun:

• young girls who imitate the style of singer Amuro Namie - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (part) of a book

noun:

• slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore - idiom

noun:

• Jaws of Life (apparatus used to pry apart the wreckage of crashed vehicles) - trademark