noun:

• Japanese copperhead (Gloydius blomhoffii); mamushi pit-viper ➜ 蝮

noun:

• Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)

noun:

• Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare) ➜ 東北野兎

noun:

• Japanese muffin containing bean jam, served hot ➜ 今川焼き

noun:

• Chinese traitor (esp. a collaborator with the Japanese)

noun:

• mythical Japanese hominid (similar to yeti or Bigfoot)

noun:

• mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese

noun:

• Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages ➜ 和製英語

noun:

• Japanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia hexaphylla)

noun:

• Japanese domestic market (esp. for automobiles); JDM

noun:

• 16th-century Jesuit-founded Japanese college - From Portuguese "collegio"

noun:

• Japanese book size (approx. 17.5cm by 25cm) ➜ 半紙【はんし】

noun:

• Japanese containing expressions literally translated from European languages

noun:

• expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be
• nock (of a bow)
• nock (of an arrow)
• nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) - Sumo term ➜ はず押し【はずおし】
• wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to place (in someone's custody); to entrust (someone) with; to deposit
• to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to let (someone) decide
• to lean on; to put one's weight on

noun / ~する noun:

• filling in gaps; filling in blanks (in a form, etc.); stopgap; temporary measure
• covering up a deficit; making up for something (e.g. one's mistake)

noun:

• broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

noun:

• origin
• variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length ➜ 反【たん】

suffix:

• tip; extremity

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to cut in; to thrust oneself into; to wedge oneself in; to muscle in on; to interrupt; to disturb

noun:

• katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords ➜ 平仮名

noun:

• kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana) ➜ 真名

noun:

• karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards - From Portuguese "carta"

noun:

• shochu; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.

noun:

• Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture ➜ 沖縄

noun:

• Calpis (Japanese milk-based soft drink)
• sperm; semen; cum - colloquialism