noun:

• Chinese lacquerware technique resulting in a mottled finish

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.

expression:

• if a cat washes its face, rain is coming - traditional belief - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a name entered in the family register ➜ 籍を入れる【せきをいれる】

expression / noun:

• person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor
• insider

noun:

• "it was all a dream"-ending

noun:

• small gate in a mud or stone wall

noun:

• publication in a new format or binding; special edition ➜ 新装【しんそう】

noun:

• instructor at a correctional facility (esp. juvenile detention centre)

noun:

• forest or grove of trees surrounding a residence

noun:

• flowing style (e.g. of narrating a story); eloquence

noun:

• metal ornament in shape of a woman's breast

noun:

• supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; leadership ➜ 覇を唱える
• championship; victory

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a chow - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 嵌張待ち【カンチャンまち】

noun / ~の noun:

• low noise (of a machine, appliance, etc.); silent (device)

noun:

• stoneware; pottery; ceramics fired at a high temperature

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to a capital city (esp. Tokyo or Kyoto)

noun:

• reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree - Shintō term

noun / ~する noun:

• going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape

noun:

• samgyeopsal; sliced pork belly cooked on a tabletop grill - Food term - From Korean

noun:

• code name (of a product under development)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull one's hair back into a bun

expression:

• a meeting by chance is preordained - proverb ➜ 袖振り合うも他生の縁

noun:

• cardboard spinning top, shaped and coloured like a flower

expression:

• one can give a plausible argument for anything - proverb