noun:

• person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; hotpot boss [literal] - humorous term

noun:

• (railway, bus, highway) route designed or designated to meet a specific problem
• countermeasure program (policy)

noun:

• Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)

noun:

• second life (esp. that of a retiree)
• SecondLife (online virtual world)

noun:

• Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni)

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 襴

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room

noun:

• (in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) ➜ 十二律・鸞鏡
• seventh lunar month

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

noun:

• freestanding building, often in a park, used for receptions, dinners, etc. - From English "restaurant house"

noun:

• locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem - colloquialism - sensitive

noun:

• framing (e.g. a picture)
• flaming; hostile and insulting interaction between persons over the internet

noun / ~する noun:

• popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique) ➜ ぷちぷち

noun:

• flux (substance mixed with a solid in order to lower its melting point); fusing agent

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

expression:

• a man of virtue will naturally attract admirers; good wine speaks for itself - proverb

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

noun:

• sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.) - From English "room share"

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• van or truck with a display, retail, etc. facility; mobile showroom - From English "caravan car"

noun:

• Stegostomatidae; family of Indo-Pacific carpet sharks containing a single species, Stegostoma fasciatum