noun:

• inquiry terminal (e.g. for verifying a credit card)

noun:

• stick with a hook, claw or other handling mechanism

noun:

• communications partner; entity at the end of a communication - IT term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

noun:

• comment field (e.g. on a blog) - IT term

noun:

• free seat (e.g. a park bench) - colloquialism ➜ ロハ

noun:

• person one has a relationship with; date; boyfriend; girlfriend

noun:

• certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

noun:

• rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut

adverb:

• sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface - onomatopoeia ➜ ぺたぺた

noun:

• chimney (narrow cleft used to climb a rock face) - From German "Kamin" ➜ チムニー

noun / ~する noun:

• detour (around a waterfall, etc. when gorge-climbing)

noun:

• thread guard (e.g. in a spinning machine)

godan ~す verb:

• to be into something (e.g. a hobby)

noun:

• someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee

noun:

• imperial edict (written in a classical grandiose style) ➜ 宣命体

noun:

• factory worker with a fixed term contract of employment

suffix:

• honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity) - archaism

noun:

• idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)

noun:

• missing out on a scoop that other newspapers reported ➜ 特ダネ【とくダネ】

noun:

• rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)

noun:

• using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• platform (e.g. of a party); policy statement; manifesto

noun:

• circle painted with a single stroke in Zen calligraphy