noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun:

• one's mind; one's inner feelings; (a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it - four character idiom

noun:

• stone-roasted bibimbap; Korean style rice (bibimbap) heated in a stone pot

noun:

• scarab (Egyptian gemstone) - From French "scarabee"
• scarabeid (any of a group of beetles including the scarab beetle, Scarabeus sacer)

noun:

• deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun / ~する noun:

• lumping similar things together and giving the group a collective name; collective name; generic term ➜ 総称

noun / ~する noun:

• total coverage; giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary ➜ 密着

noun:

• chaser; pursuer
• chaser; light drink (often just water) taken after a strong alcoholic drink

interjection:

• what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!; damn!

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to knock at the gate
• to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

noun:

• inspection of a completed facility (esp. of radio stations as required under Japanese law); completion inspection

expression:

• not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

expression:

• unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings); being at a loss for words

noun:

• immaculate conception; virgin birth; tradition that Jesus was born to Mary although she was a virgin ➜ 処女受胎【しょじょじゅたい】

noun:

• ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

noun:

• tamago dofu; tamago-dofu; steamed egg custard with soup stock, cooked in a square mould

~よい adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit

noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• made by hitting (e.g. striking stone flakes from a tool stone); made using lithic reduction ➜ 打製石器

noun:

• green dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 緑發
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• closing mid-way
• taking a break mid-way through an event, sometimes with ceremonial hand-clapping

noun:

• duff (golf); sclaff; hitting the ground behind the ball during a stroke - Sports term
• duff (e.g. plum) - Food term

noun:

• unique user (of a website); UU - IT term

noun:

• ring boy; young boy who serves as ring bearer at a wedding