noun:

• statutory rape; sexual activity with a minor under the age of consent - Law term

noun:

• rough voice (e.g. when one has a cold or sore throat)

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun:

• opening of a pool (e.g. for the summer season)

noun:

• tonfa (traditional Okinawan weapon similar to a nightstick) - Ryūkyū dialect

noun:

• hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)

noun:

• droit de suite (artist's right to receive a royalty on resale)

noun:

• class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government

noun:

• making something freely available (information, access to a competition, etc.)

noun:

• fat pipe (i.e. a high bandwidth connection) - IT term

noun:

• someone or something that just gets in the way; a burden ➜ 荷物

noun:

• battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander

noun:

• coming late or leaving early time (e.g. on a pay slip) - abbreviation ➜ 早退・遅刻

noun:

• typical dress of the military class, usually worn together with a hakama ➜ 袴

noun:

• maneuver to shake, flick, or wipe blood off of a sword - Martial Arts term

expression:

• a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed - proverb

expression:

• rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom

noun:

• bulbil (esp. of a Japanese yam); propagule; brood bud

expression / adjectival noun:

• gushing forth; bursting out; like breaking a dam [literal]

noun:

• warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording)
• prologue; introduction

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying a person in one's arms - colloquialism ➜ 横抱き

noun:

• clay bed-warmer (cylindrical with holes in the sides, containing a brazier)

adverb / ~する noun:

• absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily - onomatopoeia
• in a whisper ［ぼそっと・ボソッと・ボソっと］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Edison effect (thermionic emission from a heated metal or semiconductor)

godan ~む verb:

• to include in a poem (season word, place name, etc.)