noun:

• unimportant piece of news; news unrelated to major events or pressing social conditions - colloquialism

noun:

• all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 役【やく】

noun:

• cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue - Food term - From French "langue de chat"

noun:

• Vocaloid; singing voice synthesis software and related products, or a humanoid persona voiced by such software

noun:

• person oblivious to the fact they are irritating or inconveniencing others; pain in the neck; pest - colloquialism

noun:

• dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms ➜ 玉繭

noun:

• delivery service where package is left in front of door or in designated area; safe drop

noun:

• book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets
• delivering a letter

expression / transitive / ~する verb (irregular):

• to need; to call for; to require

noun:

• food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

noun:

• meat substitute; meat analogue
• cheaper meat used in place of beef or pork

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to give out an odor, scent or perfume (odour); to suggest; to insinuate

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

godan ~つ verb:

• to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

noun / ~する noun:

• telephone call; speaking over the telephone

counter:

• counter for telephone calls of a set duration

auxiliary adjective:

• seeming ...; appearing ... - expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ... - after a noun, adverb or adjective stem

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to blow fiercely; to rage - esp. 吹き荒ぶ
• to play (a flute, etc.) for fun - esp. 吹き遊ぶ - archaism

noun:

• in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

noun / ~の noun:

• master's (academic degree)

noun:

• water's surface

noun / ~の noun:

• ground; earth's surface

noun:

• patient's condition; pathology

noun / ~の noun:

• sulfur (S); sulphur

noun:

• New Year's card