noun:

• spotted unicornfish (Naso maculatus, species of Pacific tang found from Japan and Lord Howe Island to Hawaii)

noun:

• humpback batfish (Platax batavianus, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found from Madagascar to Indonesia and Australia)

noun:

• Citizens' Band; CB (radio)
• convertible bond ➜ 転換社債
• chronic bronchitis ➜ 慢性気管支炎
• chemical and biological (weapons)
• center back ➜ センターバック
• community business

noun:

• fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc.

noun:

• facility that serves meals and provides rooms for short-stay or overnight guests - From English "restaurant hotel"

noun:

• street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)

noun:

• yaki-fu; wheat gluten leavened with baking powder and baked into long bread-like sticks - Food term ➜ 麸【ふ】

noun:

• warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed) - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 熱盛り蕎麦

noun:

• ABCD line; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

adverb / ~と adverb:

• fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning) - onomatopoeia
• bong-bong (of clock ringing) - onomatopoeia
• with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• striking clock - abbreviation - onomatopoeia ➜ ぼんぼん時計
• green young man from a well-to-do family - Kansai dialect

noun:

• circle (sometimes used for zero) ➜ 丸【まる】
• 'correct' (when marking) ➜ 二重丸【にじゅうまる】
• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship) ➜ 〇〇【まるまる】
• period; full stop ➜ 句点
• maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound ➜ 半濁点

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that ➜ 言うに事欠いて【いうにことかいて】

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to enclose; to surround; to encircle; to fence; to wall in
• to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to hide; to protect
• to keep (e.g. a mistress)
• to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.); to preserve
• to protect - archaism

noun:

• pawn (chess piece) ［ポーン］

~と adverb:

• boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); plonk (e.g. sound of hitting a tennis ball); crack (e.g. sound of ice cracking underfoot) - onomatopoeia
• flipping through the air; tossing - onomatopoeia

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to accidentally be visible (in a play, TV show, etc.)
• to be partly cut off (in a photo, video, etc.); to be partly in the frame

expression / adverb:

• nothing (with neg. verbs); not any
• and everything else (with noun plus "mo"); all

noun:

• haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times

noun / ~する noun:

• reception; welcome; serving (food)
• wining and dining; business entertainment; corporate entertainment; entertaining politicians

noun:

• hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye
• snap fastener; press stud ➜ スナップ
• hock (white wine)

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong ➜ 任侠団体・男伊達

adverb / ~する noun:

• going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense - onomatopoeia
• idling away the time; dawdling - onomatopoeia

noun:

• glasnost; Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues in the 1980s - From Russian "glasnost'"