noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.

noun:

• kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break)

expression / adjective:

• being dealt a bad hand (in mahjong, card games, etc.) - idiom
• poor (handwriting) - idiom
• unscrupulous - idiom

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan - sensitive

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• pao cai; pow tsai; pickled vegetable, usu. cabbage, found in Szechuan cuisine - From Chinese

noun:

• cross-cut sawtooth oak charcoal (resembling chrysanthemum flowers, and used in tea ceremonies)

noun:

• Wotan (god in German and Anglo-Saxon mythology); Wodan ➜ オーディン

noun:

• 1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan

noun:

• yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara period Japan

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】

expression:

• you can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out ➜ うたた寝【うたたね】

noun:

• foreign-body sensation (e.g.contact lens, something stuck in one's throat)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to try to ...; to be about to do ... - after the volitional form of verb
• to decide to ... - after the dictionary form of verb
• to take as; to treat as; to regard as
• to use for
• to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume
• to decide that; to think that
• to make into; to change into
• to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like
• to intend; to have the intention - with を目的

adjectival noun / noun:

• lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited
• healthy; well; fit; in good health

noun:

• fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback Antonym: 美点
• failure (in an examination); failing grade

noun:

• retirement age
• years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion - archaism

noun:

• running fast; double time
• cantering - also 駈歩
• doing things in a hurry

noun:

• groundwork; foundation
• inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge (of); grounding (in)
• undercoat; first coat
• soy sauce ➜ お下地

noun:

• onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori) - polite language

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach) - onomatopoeia

particle:

• although; despite; even though; and yet
• whereas; while
• if only; I wish
• in order to

noun / suffix noun:

• disk; disc; record; clock face
• tray; shallow bowl
• grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

noun:

• relief pitcher brought in to face one batter - Baseball term - From English "one-point relief"