noun:

• final four (in a tournament); semifinalists - From English "best four"

~の noun:

• one-eyed

~の noun / noun:

• first (in a series); initial

noun:

• stress (e.g. on a mechanical part); tension

noun:

• kana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.) - IT term

noun:

• monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka ➜ 和歌

noun:

• membership agreement (e.g. for a credit card)

noun:

• gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi

noun:

• cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two

adjectival noun / adverb:

• a lot; plenty; abundant; great many - Kansai dialect

adjectival noun:

• exaggerated; grandiose

noun:

• right to decide; having say (in a decision)

noun / ~する noun:

• transcribing in musical notation; copying down (a tune)

noun:

• a level and inked string; norm; rule; standard

noun:

• a guy who never gets the women; nerd

noun:

• correct style in a haiku (like Basho's)

noun:

• compensatory holiday (for working on a day off)

noun:

• osotogari (in judo, a major sweeping leg throw) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)

noun:

• central image (e.g. in a Buddha triad) - Buddhism term ➜ 三尊【さんぞん】・脇侍【きょうじ】

noun:

• dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (a) lantern at noon [literal] - derogatory term - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to find a solution (after struggle)

noun / ~する noun:

• water gone underground (to emerge as a spring)

noun / ~する noun:

• dispensing (e.g. reagent from a pipette); dispensation

noun:

• imperial messenger to a shrine; envoy returning courtesies

noun:

• dustproof clothing one would use in a cleanroom