noun:

• red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)

noun:

• constriction; narrow part (in middle)
• waist (esp. of a woman) ➜ 胴のくびれ

noun:

• ration-point coupon; traffic violation ticket (for which penalty points are applied to one's licence)

noun:

• performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)

noun:

• Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)

noun:

• introductory education; orientation education (e.g. for new employees)

noun:

• caritas; charity (in Christian theology) - From Latin

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• runner-up; second (in a race)

noun:

• administrative law judge; appeal examiner (e.g. in patents)

noun:

• impudent talk; speaking without thinking; continuing talking even after one has lost an argument; (getting in) the last word; talking back; needless retort

noun:

• amount of work; extent of labor (involved in ..., accomplished, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• preaching down; breaking down somebody's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith) - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shake up; to shake (in order to mix, shuffle, etc.)

noun:

• texture; space between threads (i.e. in cloth)

noun:

• skirmish; prefinal (in games)

noun:

• chattering; key-bounce (in keyboards)

noun:

• soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)

noun:

• stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.) ➜ 揚げ物

noun:

• auto-call; automatic calling (e.g. in data network) - IT term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• diligent; absorbed (in something)

noun:

• accessibility; a11y (in IT)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to applaud; to cheer (for)

noun:

• hanging poster; advertising poster (e.g. hung in a train)