noun:

• draft (in casting); amount of taper for molded or cast parts

noun / suffix noun:

• superclass ［じょうこう］ - Biology term

noun:

• top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs - archaism - Buddhism term ➜ 僧綱

noun:

• sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute); actual sex (in movies, etc.) - slang ➜ 本番【ほんばん】

noun:

• thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried - Food term

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.) ➜ 独歩高【どっぽだか】

noun:

• language game in which extra syllables are added to words - e.g. やきもち→やしきしもしちし ➜ 入れ詞

expression:

• I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me - colloquialism - Buddhism term ➜ 南無阿弥陀仏【なむあみだぶつ】

noun:

• system tray (e.g. in Microsoft Windows) - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• getting points (e.g. in games, shopping) - From English "point get"

expression:

• no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all ➜ なんてったって

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make a mistake (e.g. in choosing one's melds) - colloquialism - Mahjong term ➜ 裏目【うらめ】

noun:

• change of sides (e.g. in sport)

noun / ~する noun:

• pickling; soaking a metal in an acidic solution to remove impurities

noun:

• being entered in a new family register (through adoption, marriage, etc.) - obsolete term - Law term

interjection:

• keep going; hang in there; go for it - From Chinese "jiāyóu" ➜ 頑張って

noun:

• shoryuken; uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series

noun:

• southerly wind that blows when the cherry trees are in bloom - obscure term

noun:

• instant yakisoba in a cup ➜ カップ麺【カップめん】・焼きそば【やきそば】

noun:

• soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

noun:

• Janissaries; Janissary corps; elite infantry in the Ottoman Empire - From Turkish "Yeniçeri"

noun:

• closed circle (of suspects, in mystery fiction)

expression / adverb:

• before one could; in no time at all; without a gap - usu. after plain verb

expression / noun:

• having one's guts twisted in anguish; deep grief; heartbroken thoughts ➜ 九回【きゅうかい】

noun:

• buckwheat noodles given to one's new neighbors after moving in - from おそばに参りました