expression:

• take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)

noun:

• date on which the event is to take place

noun:

• shooto; martial arts competition leading to knockouts or submission - Sports term - From English "shoot"

noun:

• rounding figures (e.g. to the nearest whole number)

noun:

• nilas; sea ice crust up to 10 centimetres thick

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing a ball to home - Baseball term - From English "back home"

noun:

• polishing; polished item ➜ 磨り出す
• match (to light fire with) ➜ マッチ

noun:

• ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to beat someone by ganging up on them - colloquialism ➜ 袋叩き【ふくろだたき】

expression / noun:

• danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety Antonym: 身の安全

noun:

• Leontopodium hayachinense (species of plant related to Edelweiss)

noun:

• merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come surging (waves, enemy troops etc.)

noun:

• hangman's noose; halter; rope to hang a criminal

noun:

• climate sensitivity (e.g. to changes in CO2 levels)

noun:

• backpacker (esp. mid-60s to end-70s) ➜ バックパッカー

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (jumping) nimbly; light-footed - onomatopoeia

expression:

• boing - onomatopoeia

particle:

• used to affect cuteness - at sentence end - onomatopoeia - humorous term

noun:

• doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

noun:

• traversing horizontally; passing through laterally; running east to west

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

noun:

• noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to one's base (after a fly ball) - Baseball term

noun:

• treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion

noun:

• movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century Japan)

expression:

• every flow has its ebb - proverb
• arrogance leads to downfall - proverb