noun:

• parking lot (esp. a private lot, e.g. for corporate cars); car park - Kansai dialect - From English "motor pool"

prefix:

• central; main; head; chief

suffix:

• just (done); freshly (baked); indicates activity only just occurred - usually written using kana alone

counter:

• counter for consecutive losses

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• fiber to the x (generic term for any network architecture that uses optical fiber) (fibre); FTTx

noun:

• cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance

noun:

• spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 社日・戊【つちのえ】

expression:

• only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons - idiom

noun:

• quilt; bedspread; bedcover ［うわがけ］
• cover (for a kotatsu quilt) ［うわがけ］ ➜ 炬燵
• cloak; smock ［うわがけ］
• second dyeing; topping; overlay ➜ 下染め

expression / noun:

• mutual use of company facilities (e.g. rail tracks for through service, airport facilities, code-sharing, etc.)

noun:

• cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor - orig. an abbr. of 仕事 ➜ パチンコ

noun:

• (a) mood; (a) smile or a frown - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• revelation; manifestation; appearance
• expression (e.g. in molecular biology - protein expression or gene expression)

noun:

• dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; breaking or rushing into
• alcove

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle

noun:

• leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)

noun:

• parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother)
• (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

noun:

• long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
• wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick

noun:

• cordon bleu; dish of veal or ham with Swiss cheese - Food term
• high-class cooking
• prize-winning chef

suffix noun / noun:

• appearing ...; looking ... - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様だ
• way to ...; method of ...ing - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb
• form; style; design - usu. after a noun
• like; similar to - usu. after a noun ➜ 様だ

noun:

• thing (thought or spoken)

noun:

• nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

noun / ~する noun:

• ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this; this and that

noun:

• keeper of imperial archives
• worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

noun:

• biographical notes and character sketches of prominent individuals, arranged according to place of birth or origin

noun:

• trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)