noun:

• land area (of a country, continent, etc.)

noun:

• moral or political commitment to a cause - From French "engagement"

noun:

• authentic work (as opposed to a fake)

noun:

• ceremony of fitting child with a hakama ➜ 袴・袴着

expression:

• to have a narrow view of things - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to group together against a stronger enemy - idiom

noun:

• earth dug out of a construction site

noun:

• heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feel more like (a certain mood)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to compare (e.g. in a competition)

noun:

• sampling (i.e. as a survey method) ➜ サンプリング

noun:

• maintaining order (e.g. in a courtroom)

noun:

• turning or twisting part of a text ➜ 起承転結

prefix:

• prefix used to strengthen a derogatory adjective ➜ いけ好かない

expression / adverb:

• speaking of... (used to introduce a topic emphatically) - after a noun

noun:

• last entrant (to a race, market, etc.)

noun:

• sleep deprivation (as a form of torture)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to chop (a branch, etc.)

noun:

• appendix (of a book, etc.)

noun:

• jingle (i.e. in a television commercial)

noun:

• lumber (for the ribs of a ship)

noun:

• main reinforcement (in a reinforced-concrete structure)

noun:

• male carer, esp. in a nursery school

adjectival noun:

• of great promise; with a promising future

noun:

• discharge water from a dam