noun:

• chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.

expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake ➜ ツーカー

ichidan verb:

• to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing

noun:

• yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)

noun:

• a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

noun:

• collar; area around the collar
• counterclockwise (when seated in a circle); anti-clockwise

noun:

• unable to take (thermally) hot food; have a tongue too sensitive to heat - slang - From English "cat tongue" ➜ 猫舌

noun / ~する noun:

• gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look - slang

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

noun:

• triptan (any one of a family of drugs used to treat severe headaches)

expression / noun:

• perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• focal point of a lens in front of the subject ➜ ピント

noun:

• structural elements (of an offence); constituent external element of a crime; actus reus - Law term ➜ 故意

noun:

• tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus, sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Chlorocebus aethiops) ➜ サバンナモンキー

expression:

• children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together - proverb

interjection:

• a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to place a weight upon (e.g. when making pickles); to press (down) ➜ 重し

noun:

• kid's meal; special meal prepared for children at a restaurant ➜ お子様ランチ

noun:

• (in hanafuda) a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards ➜ 花札

noun / ~する noun:

• going crazy; losing one's temper; snapping - slang - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• sound of a stretched string snapping - onomatopoeia ➜ ぷつん

noun:

• accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex) - From French
• accent (on a syllable, word); stress ➜ アクセント

noun:

• type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目寿司

noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter) ➜ 座禅

noun:

• aureole (of a Buddhist statue; surrounding the body but not the head); aureola