noun:

• inspection of personal belongings (e.g. before entering a venue)

expression:

• mixture of fact and fiction; half-truths

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be positively affected by someone's strength of spirit

noun:

• ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

~と adverb / adverb:

• flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• slap (sound of a flat object continuously striking something)
• splash

~と adverb:

• with glugging (e.g. of liquid being poured, running down) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• occurrence of deep vein thrombosis in air travelers ➜ エコノミークラス症候群

noun:

• string tied across the open chest of a haori

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• actinide (family of elements); actinides; actinoid - Chemistry term

noun:

• hypercholesterolemia; hypercholesterolaemia (excess of cholesterol in the bloodstream)

noun:

• stinger (of a bee, etc.)
• needle covered with poison - only どくばり

noun:

• Dharma seals; three marks of existence (suffering, impermanence, non-Self)

noun:

• new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period

noun:

• list of 1,006 kanji taught in Japanese primary schools ➜ 常用漢字・当用漢字

noun:

• parison (first small bubble at the end of a blowpipe)

expression:

• dexterous feat; speed and precision of a trained hand

noun:

• box for shipping seafood (usually made of styrofoam)

noun:

• coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

noun:

• Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru"

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru" - abbreviation ➜ カ行変格活用

noun:

• Gothic Lolita (type of teenage fashion) - From English ➜ ゴスロリ

noun:

• the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo - Buddhism term

adverb:

• with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly - onomatopoeia