noun:

• central black dot on a go board
• Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)

noun:

• (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine

noun:

• pocket square; decorative handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit - From English "pocket (handker)chief"

noun:

• compliments; civilities; courtesies; flattery - polite language
• hospitality; special treatment; entertainment - polite language
• bill (at a restaurant); check - polite language

noun:

• off-flavor; bitterness or other unpleasant taste that detracts from the flavour of a drink

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)