noun:

• compact disk; CD ➜ コンパクトディスク
• cash dispenser ➜ キャッシュディスペンサー
• (negotiable) certificate of deposit ➜ 譲渡可能定期預金証書

noun:

• Dixie; southern states of the USA - colloquialism
• Dixieland jazz - abbreviation ➜ デキシーランドジャズ

noun:

• nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns

noun:

• days of one's menstrual period - from blue meaning melancholy or depressed - From English "blue day"

noun:

• renovation plan (usu. of a house) - From English "reform plan"

noun:

• being out of the ring (wrestling) - Sports term - From English "ring out"

noun / ~する noun:

• adhering or embedding of wear debris in the opposing surface

noun:

• first-degree relative; member of one's immediate family

noun:

• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

noun:

• chemical reaction
• generation of an unexpected result from combining things

noun / ~する noun:

• report of an official's offence to the emperor (offense)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pack an assortment of goods, etc.

noun:

• Records of Ancient Matters (Japan's oldest historical record)

adjectival noun / noun:

• we are of equal status in this regard

noun:

• the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

noun / ~する noun:

• repost (e.g. of an online article); resubmission; revised submission

noun:

• preparation (e.g. of land for tilling); ground clearance; clearing

expression / noun:

• ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility

noun:

• hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society - four character idiom

noun:

• telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

noun:

• agglomerate (e.g. of cells, molecules, etc.); aggregation; mass; cluster

noun:

• sparing a life; clemency
• reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)

noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil Antonym: 性善説