noun:

• continuous session (e.g. trading in a stock exchange); zaraba

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

expression / adjective:

• influential; powerful; popular; prosperous (when modifying a noun); doing well ➜ 羽振りがいい【はぶりがいい】・羽振り

noun:

• type of scuba buoyancy control device with a back-mounted air bladder - From English "back float type"

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language - archaism ➜ ませんでした

noun:

• Japanese ko-so-a-do demonstratives (e.g. pronouns: kore, sore, are, dore) - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach) - abbreviation ➜ 自主トレーニング

noun:

• independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach) - abbreviation

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• map (or diagram, etc.) folded with a cover on each side - obscure term

noun:

• statutory rape; sexual activity with a minor under the age of consent - Law term

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• rough voice (e.g. when one has a cold or sore throat)

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun:

• opening of a pool (e.g. for the summer season)

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 旅所

noun:

• tonfa (traditional Okinawan weapon similar to a nightstick) - Ryūkyū dialect

noun:

• hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)

noun:

• class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government

noun:

• making something freely available (information, access to a competition, etc.)

noun:

• fat pipe (i.e. a high bandwidth connection) - IT term

noun:

• someone or something that just gets in the way; a burden ➜ 荷物

noun:

• battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander