noun:

• operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion

noun:

• ball not bouncing (e.g. in a catch) - Baseball term - From English "no bound"

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back

expression / noun:

• family crest shaped as a hemp leaf
• motif made from entwined hexagons

noun:

• Texas rig; fishing with a soft plastic lure

expression:

• ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

noun / ~する noun:

• preservation of obsolete machinery in a functional condition (e.g. train engines) ➜ 静態保存

noun:

• xiaochi; Chinese street food consumed as a light meal or snack - Food term

noun:

• voice chat (e.g. in a video game)

noun:

• verbal command (in dog training) ➜ 視符
• sound part of a semasio-phonetic kanji ➜ 形声文字【けいせいもじ】

noun:

• hidden dora tile available when a player wins by riichi - Mahjong term

noun:

• winning on a tile robbed from another player's kong - Mahjong term ➜ 加槓【かカン】

noun:

• sun symbol (e.g. in a weather forecast)

noun:

• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 博士【はかせ】

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts ➜ 越後獅子

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

noun:

• peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to open (e.g. doors) - esp. 開く
• to open (e.g. business, etc.) - esp. 開く
• to be empty - esp. 空く
• to be vacant; to be available; to be free - esp. 空く
• to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) - esp. 明く
• to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く
• to come to an end - esp. 明く

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events) ➜ 穴が開く

noun:

• president (of a nation or company); chief executive
• big man; boss; buddy; mate - used vocatively; esp. of an actor - familiar language

noun / ~する noun:

• execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment; realization

noun:

• plain; field
• hidden (structural) member ［の］

prefix noun:

• wild ［の］ ➜ 野ウサギ
• lacking a political post ［や］

noun:

• eaves
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building ➜ 庇

noun:

• mama; mamma; mom; mommy; mum; mummy; mother
• female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

noun:

• native Japanese reading of a Chinese character ➜ 音【おん】

noun / suffix:

• precept; lesson; one's teachings ➜ 処世訓【しょせいくん】