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そもそも論 そもそもろん (somosomoron)

going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.)

Noun N3
天候相場 てんこうそうば (tenkōsōba)

weather-driven market

Noun N3
初景色 はつげしき (hatsugeshiki)

scenery seen on the morning of the first day of the year

Noun N3
通期 つうき (tsūki)

whole financial year

Noun N3
かけ流し かけながし (kakenagashi)

free-flowing (hot spring, irrigation, etc.)

Noun N3
鳥の子 とりのこ (torinoko)

bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg)

Noun N3
平均年齢 へいきんねんれい (hēkinnenrē)

average age

Noun N2
短期金利 たんききんり (tankikinri)

short-term rate of interest

Noun N2
泥人形 どろにんぎょう (doroningyō)

clay doll

Noun N2
勉強熱心 べんきょうねっしん (benkyōnesshin)

hardworking

Adjective N3
安否確認 あんぴかくにん (anpikakunin)

confirmation of someone's safety

Noun N3
空メ からメ (karame)

blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)

Noun N3
笑い死に わらいじに (waraijini)

death by laughter

Noun N3
医薬品開発 いやくひんかいはつ (iyakuhinkaihatsu)

drug development

Noun N3
百物語 ひゃくものがたり (hyakumonogatari)

round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

Noun N3
生前退位 せいぜんたいい (sēzentaī)

abdication of an emperor (before demise)

Noun N3
春日和 はるびより (harubiyori)

sky pattern on a calm and clear day of spring

Noun N3
電子工業 でんしこうぎょう (denshikōgyō)

electronics industry

Noun N3
航空管制官 こうくうかんせいかん (kōkūkansēkan)

air traffic controller

Noun N2
大社造り たいしゃづくり (taishazukuri)

oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)

Noun N2
大服 おおぶく (ōbuku)

swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine

Noun N3
年見 としみ (toshimi)

Tōhoku harvest divination event (14th night of the New Year)

Noun N5
平入り ひらいり (hirairi)

Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge

Noun N3
作戦会議 さくせんかいぎ (sakusenkaigi)

strategy meeting

Noun N3
五逆 ごぎゃく (gogyaku)

five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

Noun N2
管路 かんろ (kanro)

conduit line

Noun N2
飲泉 いんせん (insen)

drinking spring water

Noun N2
秋波を送る しゅうはをおくる (shūhawōkuru)

to cast amorous glances at a man (of a woman)

Expression N2
人材紹介会社 じんざいしょうかいがいしゃ (jinzaishōkaigaisha)

employment agency

Noun N2
食積み くいつみ (kuitsumi)

New Year food for entertaining a guest served in multilayered lacquered boxes

Noun N3