noun:

• name plate on the front of a train, bus, etc.; number plate; rollsign; roll sign - From English "head mark"

noun:

• initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages
• initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

noun:

• off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device off at a certain time) ➜ 入タイマー

noun:

• Cichlidae; family of fishes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure

noun:

• Cichlidae; family of fishes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure

expression:

• state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake [literal]

pronoun:

• that girl; that kid
• you (mainly used by a brothel owner or senior prostitutes when addressing servant girls) - archaism ➜ 禿

interjection:

• all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

expression / noun:

• age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)

noun:

• falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)

noun:

• lido; area on a cruise ship having the main outdoor swimming pool and sunbathing area

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ 御触書

noun:

• sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; Mar. 26, 2010)

noun:

• outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust; film (on the surface of a liquid); scum ➜ 上皮

expression / noun:

• (person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience - idiom - four character idiom

noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

noun:

• decorating a metal surface with small dots resembling fish eggs
• twill weave; basket weave - abbreviation ➜ 魚子織り

noun:

• feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• going out (e.g. of a fire); dying out
• fizzling out; falling through; coming to nothing

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss a meal
• to lose the means to make one's livelihood

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another ➜ 密会

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless

godan ~む verb:

• to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind