noun:

• guarana (tree); Paullinia cupana
• guarana (seed extract as an ingredient used in stamina drinks and foods for restorative and stimulant effect)

noun:

• Abenomics; economic and monetary policies of Shinzo Abe, 90th and 96th prime minister of Japan, during his second term

noun:

• New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

noun:

• obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

noun:

• claws and fangs; claws and tusks
• clutches; devious design; means of causing harm; weapon
• pawn; stooge; cat's-paw
• right-hand man

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

noun:

• scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor - four character idiom

noun:

• China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land

adverb:

• increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

noun:

• government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation

noun:

• personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character - four character idiom

noun:

• brick and mortar business; bricks and mortar business; physical retail store (rather than online)

noun:

• one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

noun / ~する noun:

• front and back; inside and outside; two sides; both sides

noun:

• duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) ➜ 総務省

noun:

• eyes and ears; seeing and hearing
• one's attention; one's interest

adverb / ~の noun:

• repeatedly; frequently; over and over; time and time again

adverb:

• exceedingly; sincerely; very much

noun:

• between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing

noun:

• wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection - four character idiom

noun:

• between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing - also written as 間 - abbreviation ➜ 合い服

suffix:

• together
• condition; situation; state
• -ish

expression:

• sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams) - four character idiom