expression / adjective:

• tight-lipped; able to keep a secret Antonym: 口が軽い ➜ 口の堅い

noun / ~の noun:

• within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)

noun:

• central stalk of a dried rice plant

noun:

• large undertaking attempted in a far-off land - archaism

expression / noun:

• being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)

noun:

• violent scene (in a movie, etc.)

noun:

• noh theater performed at night by a fire

noun:

• bot (autonomous computer program, esp. on a network) - IT term

adverb:

• crushed flat; squashed to a pulp; squished; crumpled - onomatopoeia

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• emitting a shrill sound (musical instrument, metal, stone)

noun:

• short-sleeved kimono with a plain white backside

noun / ~の noun:

• rash that accompanies a severe itch; prurigo ➜ 蕁麻疹

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend into a loop (wire, hair, etc.)

noun:

• crown of a buddha's head ➜ 肉髻

noun / adjectival noun:

• brusqueness; grumpiness

noun:

• lowest ranking; worst (e.g. in a test) ➜ びり

noun:

• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

noun:

• rupakaya (the physical body, esp. of a buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)

noun:

• wintering spot (e.g. of a migrating bird)

noun:

• positive tuberculin conversion after a BCG vaccination - obscure term

noun:

• metallic - archaism
• cutting edge of a bladed instrument

noun:

• suffix added after a writer's pen name

adverb / ~する noun:

• with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining) - onomatopoeia ➜ ぴかり・ぴかぴか

noun / ~する noun:

• apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection ➜ 背教