noun:

• blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight

adjectival noun:

• eccentric; warped; narrow-minded; perverse; obstinate; stubborn; bigoted

noun:

• eccentricity; obstinacy; stubbornness; (a) crank

temporal noun / ~の noun / suffix noun:

• dawn; daybreak Antonym: 暮れ

suffix noun / prefix noun:

• end; soon after something has ended
• beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)

noun:

• tent
• tabernacle
• small curtain-enclosed area (off a stage)
• Makuya (Original Gospel Movement of Japan)

noun:

• gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

noun:

• branch; offshoot; tributary; fork; ramification (e.g. of a nerve, blood vessel, ore vein, etc.)

noun:

• snack (to have with a drink); side dish - polite language ➜ 摘み

noun:

• mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw
• socket; receiving window; slot ［うけぐち］

noun:

• that kind (may be used as a disparaging term for another person)
• competition; match

noun:

• type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute - Law term

expression:

• one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer - four character idiom

noun:

• rare utensil; famous article
• famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius)
• excellent vagina; formidable vulva - vulgar

noun:

• bottle gourd
• ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

noun:

• special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation - abbreviation - From English "evaluation chip"

noun:

• face sheet (top copy); questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile

noun / ~の noun:

• establishing a large lead over one's competitors; breaking away (from the field)

noun:

• Cheki; brand of small instant cameras made by Fujifilm

interjection:

• check it out; take a look - From English "check it"

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

adjective:

• patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending ➜ 恩に着せる【おんにきせる】

noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

noun:

• pocket square; decorative handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit - From English "pocket (handker)chief"

noun:

• compliments; civilities; courtesies; flattery - polite language
• hospitality; special treatment; entertainment - polite language
• bill (at a restaurant); check - polite language

noun:

• person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; hotpot boss [literal] - humorous term

noun:

• Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)

noun:

• second life (esp. that of a retiree)
• SecondLife (online virtual world)