noun:

• deluxe edition (of a book); book in expensive binding; hardcover book

ichidan verb:

• (for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged
• to feel listless; to be dull; to be lazy; to look bored

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• (of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

noun:

• euphonic change of unvoiced to voiced sound (on the first consonant of the non-initial mora of a compound)

noun / ~する noun:

• return of the Emperor (from a visit)
• return of a shintai to its shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• results (of a study)

noun:

• prefix (as a part-of-speech) - Linguistics term

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• boring (a hole)

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

adverb / ~と adverb:

• mewing (of a cat); meow; miaow - onomatopoeia ➜ にゃあ

noun:

• cat; kitty; pussy cat - children's language

noun:

• founder (of a nation)

noun:

• undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet - From Portuguese "jibão"

noun:

• popular edition (of a book)

noun:

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

noun:

• footer (on a page, document, etc.)

noun / suffix:

• general affairs section (e.g. in a company); operations division

noun:

• spinneret (of a spider) - obscure term ➜ 出糸突起

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• (of a kind) never to be seen again

expression / adverb:

• speaking of... (used to introduce a topic emphatically) - after a noun

noun:

• spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 社日・戊【つちのえ】

adjective:

• warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy

noun:

• run (of a ship); sail; flight

noun:

• system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

noun:

• selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)