noun:

• crying (of a peevish baby)

noun:

• yunluo (10 small gongs mounted in a wooden frame)

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

noun:

• warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording)
• prologue; introduction

noun:

• stria (carved out by a glacier, etc.)

~の noun / noun:

• tagged (esp. with a price)
• notorious; infamous; double-dyed; hardened

noun:

• jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu

noun:

• rough skin (like that of a shark)

noun:

• sound system (of a language); phonological system

noun / ~する noun:

• closing (of a place) ➜ 開場

noun:

• water to add to packaged noodles (provided in a separate packet); softening water [literal]; loosening water [literal] ➜ 解す【ほぐす】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give (a guest) the seat of honor (honour)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply - onomatopoeia
• easily cut - onomatopoeia

noun:

• nose cone (e.g. of a rocket)

noun:

• crown (of a watch); stem
• cannon (of a bell)

noun:

• age of decline (of a nation)

noun / ~する noun:

• explanation (for purpose of convincing a judge)

noun:

• strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints

noun:

• staple (for a stapler) ➜ 芯

noun:

• bing-bong bang-bong (Big Ben chimes, used as a bell in Japanese schools) ➜ 予鈴

noun:

• the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan) ➜ 公案

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• standee (in a theatre); standing-room spectator; the gallery

noun / ~する noun:

• addition (to a text); additional entry (e.g. to a database)