noun:

• fooling around with objects (type of improvised comedy act)

adjectival noun:

• temporary (of medical care); pallative; dealing only with the symptoms; symptomatic - Medicine term
• superficial

noun:

• grass mixed with mud to construct walls - archaism
• Hedera rhombea (species of ivy) - archaism ➜ 木蔦

expression:

• when dealing with urgent business, make use of whoever is handy - proverb

noun:

• cellule; cellula
• small room (esp. with tatami mats)
• floret (of broccoli, etc.)

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

noun:

• Kumbhanda; demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality - Buddhism term

noun:

• all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words) - four character idiom

noun:

• bride's silk floss headdress
• clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)

noun:

• mufti; Muslim legal expert entitled to make decisions on points of Islamic law - From Arabic "mufti"

noun:

• indicative (kanji whose shape is based on logical representation of an abstract idea)

noun:

• Bird Week (starting on May 10th of each year) ➜ 愛鳥週間

expression:

• better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb

noun:

• Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on pre-Jin and Yuan teachings ➜ 後世方

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

noun:

• government rules on structure, staffing, etc. of local bodies (e.g. police force)

noun / ~する noun:

• entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining
• immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering ➜ 迎合【げいごう】

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable
• being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame

expression:

• no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb

expression:

• wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself - idiom

noun:

• land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office ➜ 職分田

noun:

• leading product; flagship product; top product - IT term

noun:

• rustic; country bumpkin; countryfolk
• ruffian; unrefined person
• non-politician; non-government person; civilian
• Yeren; legendary mountain-dwelling hominid (similar to a sasquatch, yeti, etc.) of China's Hubei province

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 掻き混ぜる
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks)