noun:

• written contribution; submission (to a newspaper, online forum, etc.)

noun:

• balance of margin transaction; balance (of a stock) bought on margin

noun:

• moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 雪月花

noun:

• sweetbread; thymus or pancreas (esp. of a calf or a lamb) - Food term

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation) ➜ 空気を読む

noun / ~する noun:

• retention; keeping in custody (e.g. of a court)

noun:

• vitamin P; bioflavonoids (as formerly regarded collectively as a vitamin)

noun:

• crib notes; key (to a diagram)

noun:

• signatory (country); party (to a treaty)

noun:

• inheritance; taking over (a business, property)

noun:

• Hojo clan symbol; Hojo family crest (three triangles in a triangular pattern)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)

noun:

• school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school - four character idiom

noun:

• making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching

expression / ichidan verb:

• to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.) - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dozing off in the middle of doing something; becoming inactive online due to falling asleep (esp. during a multi-player game)

noun:

• slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute) - four character idiom

noun:

• reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)

noun:

• chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale) - Food term ➜ 飴湯

noun:

• term of validity; period for which (a ticket) is available (valid)

expression:

• incredible danger; (handing a) sword to an insane person [literal] - sensitive

noun:

• ornamental flower; decorative sterile floret (of a composite flower)

noun:

• umbellate inflorescence; umbel (i.e. flower with a large number of flowers growing radially from a common center)

noun:

• goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)

noun:

• end; extremity (of a village)