noun:

• awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

adverb:

• with a crack; with a snap; with a slam - onomatopoeia
• firmly; sharply; sternly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• precisely; properly; neatly; tidily - onomatopoeia

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ

expression:

• someone (something) not to be trifled with

noun:

• salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to come to grapples with

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death

noun:

• feeding an infant solely with breast milk (i.e. no formula) - abbreviation ➜ 完全母乳【かんぜんぼにゅう】

noun / ~する noun:

• holding something with both hands

noun:

• calculator with keyboard program input - IT term

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest

noun:

• violet tinged with indigo

noun:

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

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】

noun:

• face covered with pimples

noun / ~する noun:

• getting into a physical relationship with an online acquaintance - from ネット and ゲット - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel - abbreviation ➜ 鳥頭の太刀

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up

expression:

• with a nonchalant air

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to compare unfavorably (unfavourably, poorly) with; to be not so good as

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun:

• computer image with a transparent background - IT term
• transmission image (X-ray image, etc.)

noun:

• woman bestowed with the title "in" (usu. the empress, imperial princesses, etc.) - honorific language ➜ 院