adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• trivial matter; cinch; easy as pie; piece of cake; child's play

noun:

• before breakfast - orig. meaning

noun:

• true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

noun:

• secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence) - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

noun:

• eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at kids, such as manga) - colloquialism

expression:

• on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking - apparently from 通過の仲 - idiom

noun:

• polite Japanese as used by young part-time employees in restaurants, etc. - derogatory term ➜ バイト・敬語

noun:

• joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

noun:

• lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

noun:

• boiled red prawn, shrimp, lobster, etc. (sometimes used as a New Year decoration) ➜ 海老

noun:

• woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl - archaism

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun:

• tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice) ➜ 橘
• yellow-dyed leather ［黄皮］

noun:

• pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds); eyes - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 対子

expression / noun:

• superior; boss; higher-up
• them (as opposed to "us")
• person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) ➜ 体育座り【たいいくずわり】

noun:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese) ➜ 慣用音