noun:

• bad news Antonym: 吉報
• news of a death; death notice

noun:

• opening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem

noun:

• the instability of a political situation; political instability - four character idiom

noun:

• location of a press conference; press conference room

noun:

• location of a press conference; press conference room ➜ 会見場

noun:

• selection committee member; member of a screening committee

noun:

• fire station worker; member of a fire station

noun:

• subsidiary of a subsidiary; sub-subsidiary; second-tier subsidiary

noun:

• ghostly, beautiful woman
• ghost of a beautiful woman

noun:

• voice dramatization on CD (usu. based on manga, anime, etc.) - From English "drama CD"

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

noun:

• hill; height; knoll; rising ground ［丘・岡・壟］
• bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game ［丘・陸符］ - usually written using kana alone - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life
• reformation; rehabilitation
• playback; regeneration (sound, etc.); view (of a video clip)
• reclamation; recovery
• rebirth; reincarnation

noun:

• stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation
• one's turf; domain; territory; jurisdiction; sphere of influence

noun / ~する noun:

• massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage)

noun:

• masseur; masseuse; massager - sensitive
• blind person (as many were traditionally massagers) - archaism - colloquialism

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• relief; reassurance

noun / ~する noun:

• recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.) ➜ 本領安堵
• living safely surrounded by walls - orig. meaning - archaism

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom

noun:

• Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation") ➜ 悪貨は良貨を駆逐する

expression:

• even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed [literal] - abbreviation ➜ 鬼も十八番茶も出花

expression / adjective:

• simple (e.g. matter); problem free
• hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

noun:

• home territory of a powerful figure; Imperial Court; businessman's turf; Shogun's headquarters ➜ 膝元【ひざもと】