noun:

• bubble on surface of liquid

~の noun / noun:

• ephemeral; transient

noun / ~する noun:

• (commander, visiting dignitary) going on board (warship, plane)

noun / ~する noun:

• free ride (e.g. on train)

noun:

• beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

noun:

• Bird Week (starting on May 10th of each year)

noun:

• on the verge of sleep; just after falling asleep

noun:

• slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

noun:

• commentary on the Book of Odes by Zheng Xuan

noun:

• customer relations; serving (helping, attending to, waiting on) customers - four character idiom

noun:

• conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business) - four character idiom

noun:

• according to circumstances; dependent on the state of things - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• on very good terms with each other; romantically attached

noun:

• question based on rearranging (words) into the correct order

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)

noun:

• oil painting look (on processed photographs, etc.)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to look on with arms folded

noun / ~する noun:

• women picking up men (on the street) - from 逆+ナンパ - slang

noun:

• gharial; gavial (large crocodilian found on the Indian subcontinent) - From French

noun:

• knurling; ridged pattern usu. on circular or cylindrical objects - From French ➜ ナーリング

noun:

• knurling; ridged pattern usu. on circular or cylindrical objects

noun:

• Zen Buddhism based on the original teachings of Buddha ➜ 祖師禅

noun:

• anger veins (stylised X mark typically shown on forehead) - manga slang - obscure term

noun:

• certification of information recorded on foreign resident registration file

noun:

• formerly used Vietnamese script based on Chinese characters - From Vietnamese "chữ nôm"

noun:

• (in gagaku) scale similar to Dorian mode on B