noun:

• return slot (for coins in a vending machine); drop-off point (for dirty dishes at a restaurant)

noun:

• margin (e.g. in a vote)

noun:

• skin-side (of a fillet of fish)

noun:

• khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe) ➜ ハン

noun:

• (a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging - four character idiom

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

noun:

• door lock (on a car)

noun:

• black key (on a piano, organ, etc.) ➜ 白鍵

adverb / ~と adverb:

• swaying (repeatedly, in a large, slow motion)

noun:

• reading (of a bill)

noun:

• abstract (of a paper) - abbreviation ➜ アブストラクト

noun:

• yellow dog contract (employment contract which forbids the employee to join a labor union)

noun / ~する noun:

• kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji)
• reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in Japanese

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

noun:

• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) - archaism ➜ 陰陽道・天一神・方違え

noun:

• advertising insert (e.g. in a newspaper); inserted flyer

noun:

• flag state (of a vessel or aircraft)

noun / ~の noun:

• digital-to-analog (D-A) - IT term

noun:

• squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug); whap-whap - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• pitter-patter (of footsteps) - onomatopoeia
• quickly (making progress); in quick succession - onomatopoeia

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

noun:

• unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

noun:

• bowing (of a stringed instrument)

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup) ➜ 沖縄蕎麦