noun:

• protective shield (in children's games); immunity - children's language - obscure term

noun:

• tea leaves which have been washed in hot water after drying

noun / ~する noun:

• ragequit; quitting an online game in anger (over losing) - slang

expression:

• confirmed as completed - often at end of document ➜ 完【かん】・以上【いじょう】
• everything must go (e.g. in a sale) - abbreviation ➜ 完全完売【かんぜんかんばい】

noun:

• Tenpō era (742-756) (period during the Tang dynasty in China)

noun:

• distilled alcohol (sometimes added in the production of sake)

expression / noun:

• god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself

noun:

• meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館

noun:

• drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting

noun:

• person requiring special help (usu. seniors, infants, etc. in disaster scenarios) ➜ 要援護【ようえんご】

noun:

• table d'hôte; set meal (usu. in a hotel) - From French ➜ アラカルト

noun:

• first maple leaves to turn red in the season

adverb:

• seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to bask in the sun lying flat on one's belly ➜ 甲羅干し

noun:

• Adenostemma lavenia (species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family)

noun:

• Ixeris dentata var. alpicola (mountain flower in the dandelion family)

noun:

• chemical peeling (esp. in cosmetic treatment); chemexfoliation

noun:

• government official next in rank to the sakan (ritsuryo system) ➜ 主典

noun:

• emphasizing one's good qualities; presenting oneself in a favorable light - From English "self-produce" ➜ 自己演出【じこえんしゅつ】

noun:

• one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
• balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb

noun:

• transexual

noun / ~する noun:

• genderswap (in fan fiction, etc.) - slang ➜ 女体化

noun:

• total station
• tracking stock

noun / ~する noun:

• negotiating for permission to film (in a specific location) ➜ ロケ

noun:

• hoe; raw fish or meat dish in Korean cuisine - Food term - From Korean

noun:

• fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture