noun / ~する noun:

• obsolescence; becoming obsolete (of a product, etc.)

noun:

• consolidation (esp. of a market); shakeout; rationalization - from 廃合 and 統合

noun / ~する noun:

• independent production (e.g. of a film)

noun:

• remains of a dugout (usu. military)

noun:

• final rejection (e.g. of a patent)

noun / ~する noun:

• disappearance (e.g. of a symptom)

noun:

• gravity well (e.g. of a planet) - Astronomy term

noun:

• distinguished scholar; holder of a higher doctorate - archaism

noun:

• director of a district (ritsuryo system) ➜ 長官【かみ】

noun:

• director of a district (ritsuryo system) ➜ 大領

noun:

• gusset; front collar of a kimono - archaism ➜ 袵【おくみ】

noun:

• belly of a pregnant woman - slang ➜ ボテボテ

noun / ~する noun:

• flowing south (e.g. of a river)

noun / ~する noun:

• flowing north (e.g. of a river)

noun / ~する noun:

• flowing east (e.g. of a river)

noun:

• flowing west (e.g. of a river)

noun:

• sharpness (e.g. of a photo); definition

noun / ~する noun:

• activation of an alarm; sounding a warning

adverb / ~の noun:

• logically; from a logical point of view

noun:

• round of 16 (in a tournament) - Sports term

noun:

• street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

noun:

• free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade - four character idiom

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming in a field [literal] - idiom - humorous term