noun:

• lock; tuft; tassel; feathers (i.e. fringe of hair on the legs); feathering; penicil

noun:

• starting the new school year from autumn (instead of spring); autumnal admission; fall matriculation

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun:

• sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast) ➜ 酒かす

noun:

• economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 - From English "Lehman Shock"

expression / noun:

• a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

noun:

• blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• 17C male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)

noun:

• PRISM; mass electronic surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency

noun:

• group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex ➜ コンパ

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) ➜ 体育座り【たいいくずわり】

noun:

• snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley

noun:

• woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.)

noun:

• snippets; trimmings; cuttings

noun:

• Quanrong; ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BCE)

noun:

• Palme d'Or (highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival)

noun:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗

noun:

• mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props ➜ バミる

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly - onomatopoeia
• (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; (drawing back) slowly; with a slither - onomatopoeia
• on and on; while putting off; slovenly; interminably - onomatopoeia
• with a slurp; with a sniffle - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• loose; lax; inconclusive; unresolved - onomatopoeia

particle:

• indicates possessive - occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之 ➜ 乃
• nominalizes verbs and adjectives
• substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ➜ が
• (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion - often ん
• (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis - female language
• (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

expression:

• an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth - from Matthew 5:38

noun:

• (being in) the black; surplus Antonym: 赤字
• black letter

noun:

• sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
• sacrifice (to the gods) ➜ 生け贄

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• at first; at the beginning; initially; originally