expression:

• being widely talked about as a prominent prospect (for) ➜ 呼び声の高い

noun / ~する noun:

• getting into a physical relationship with an online acquaintance - from ネット and ゲット - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• collecting together and buying; doing a big shop

noun:

• educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency

ichidan verb:

• to miss getting on (e.g. a plane) ➜ 乗り損なう

noun:

• worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim

noun:

• votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article - Shintō term

expression:

• knowing a theory without being able to apply it - idiom

noun:

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

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• sudden and unexpected (as in a person's death)

noun:

• individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle) - Buddhism term ➜ 理

expression:

• there are no cowardly soldiers under a superior general - four character idiom

noun:

• nocebo (negative response to a dummy drug) Antonym: プラセボ

noun:

• diatessaron (the four Gospels woven into a single narrative) - obscure term

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language ➜ ません

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a bid (e.g. at an auction)

noun:

• gap (in a mountain ridge)

noun:

• removing a partition (wall)

adverb:

• straight through without interruption - colloquialism

noun:

• jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

noun:

• yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)

noun:

• yunluo (10 small gongs mounted in a wooden frame)

noun:

• electoral quota (e.g. in a proportional representation system)

noun:

• type A (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)

noun:

• skimming (illegally copying credit cards with a swipe device)

~する noun:

• getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped ➜ マンネリ