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status of residence; residence status; visa status; immigration status

Formal or literary term

spending the night out (e.g. at a brothel); staying out

foreign (exchange) student; international student

Japanese residents in another country; Japanese expatriates

hairpin; bobby pin

resident; residents

accumulation (e.g. of water); retention; storage; collection; sequestration (e.g. of carbon dioxide)

registered mail for the purpose of sending money

hold music; music on hold; hold tone

Business

internal reserves; retained profit

heir's distributive share

Noun or verb acting prenominally

yield; yield rate

sojourner; visitor

temporary fastening; temporary fixing in place

detainee

restraining (someone); restraint

population centre

lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)

general delivery; counter collection; poste restante

pesticide residue; agrochemical residues

detention or internment camp

Medicine

cryptorchidism; undescended testicle

formal, black kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono

Card games

iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards