noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

noun:

• nine cuts mudra (mudra: hand posture which forms a part of Hindu prayer); exorcism-purification spell - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
• under the desk

noun:

• biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga) ➜ 羽虱
• small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite) - colloquialism ➜ 羽蟻

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

noun:

• round coin with a (square) hole in the center - colloquialism
• coin made of non-precious materials
• money

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽

noun:

• copy holder; stand for holding papers during typing, etc. - IT term
• glass part of a scanner, copier, etc. - IT term

noun:

• six o'clock
• six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night) ［六時］ - Buddhism term ➜ 晨朝・日中・日没・初夜・中夜・後夜

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock ➜ 岩盤浴

noun:

• sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male) - Linguistics term

noun:

• chatting without a break; talking without pause
• amusing two-person dialogue (form of stand-up comedy) ➜ しゃべくり漫才

expression:

• wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

noun:

• town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
• leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)

noun:

• first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

noun:

• observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market

noun:

• Blue Sky with a White Sun; party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)