noun:

• A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)

noun:

• engaging the clutch (usu. on a motorcycle) - From English "clutch meet"

noun:

• emphasizing one's good qualities; presenting oneself in a favorable light - From English "self-produce" ➜ 自己演出【じこえんしゅつ】

noun:

• patterned cloth laid on a table or Buddhist altar; antependium

noun:

• large lever used to control a train - From English "master controller"

noun:

• snowrose (Serissa japonica); tree of a thousand stars; Japanese boxthorn

noun:

• baseball played without a second base (children's game)

noun:

• fire truck (specifically one equipped with a pump); pumper

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils ➜ ミッキーナイフ

noun:

• region code (e.g. of a DVD)

noun:

• stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature ➜ 弱冷房車【じゃくれいぼうしゃ】

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb

noun:

• farting into one's hand; cupping a fart

noun:

• long strips of decorative paper or leather attached to a matoi ➜ 纏

expression:

• preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 馬の耳に念仏

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun / ~する noun:

• negotiating for permission to film (in a specific location) ➜ ロケ

noun / ~する noun:

• turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification

noun / ~する noun:

• having a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)

noun:

• room key (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• absentee appointment to a distant administrative post (Nara and Heian periods) - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
• to be injured
• to wear out; to be worn out
• to break; to burst; to collapse
• to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
• to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
• to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
• to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
• to cut well; to be sharp
• to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
• to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
• to dry off
• to curve; to veer
• to shuffle (cards)
• to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip - colloquialism ➜ キレる

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to be able to do completely - after the -masu stem of a verb - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side Antonym: 表【おもて】
• rear; back; behind
• lining; inside
• in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back
• more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
• proof ➜ 裏付け
• opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary ➜ 裏をかく
• inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
• bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 表【おもて】