noun / ~する noun:

• (state of) having got rid of something (e.g. bad taste)

noun:

• literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper) ➜ 運動部

noun:

• Genkō era (1331.8.9-1334.1.29)

noun:

• written thing (e.g. book, musical composition); works

noun:

• extremely powerful weapon (e.g. nuclear); reaction weapon [literal] - only used in science fiction

noun:

• controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)

noun:

• visible breath (i.e. when it's cold); frosty breath; white breath

noun:

• chiptune (music synthesized in realtime; e.g. in video games)

noun / ~する noun:

• planting out (e.g. seedlings); planting; setting

noun:

• standard days signifying the changing of the seasons (i.e. setsubun, higan, etc.)

noun:

• all-time high (e.g. in trading, shopping); record high; new high Antonym: 最安値

noun:

• "winner" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the most) - slang ➜ 割り勘負け

noun:

• salted salmon roe (i.e. a mass of immature eggs) ➜ イクラ

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

noun:

• twister (e.g. the game)

noun / ~する noun:

• pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)

noun / ~する noun:

• fitting together (e.g. nuts and bolts); fit

noun:

• green thumb (i.e. natural gardener)

noun:

• fin (e.g. of a fish)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades) ➜ 打ち込む【うちこむ】

noun / ~する noun:

• creeping (i.e. growing along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

noun:

• inferior goods (i.e. goods for which demand decreases when consumer's income increases)

noun:

• the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)

noun:

• pipe (e.g. sewer, storm water); culvert ➜ 下水道管渠

noun:

• complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• quiet and lonely - archaism