noun:

• ball not bouncing (e.g. in a catch) - Baseball term - From English "no bound"

noun:

• young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound ➜ モノルビ

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated a whole compound - From English "group ruby" ➜ モノルビ

expression / noun:

• family crest shaped as a hemp leaf
• motif made from entwined hexagons

noun:

• Texas rig; fishing with a soft plastic lure

noun / ~する noun:

• preservation of obsolete machinery in a functional condition (e.g. train engines) ➜ 静態保存

noun:

• xiaochi; Chinese street food consumed as a light meal or snack - Food term

noun:

• voice chat (e.g. in a video game)

noun:

• verbal command (in dog training) ➜ 視符
• sound part of a semasio-phonetic kanji ➜ 形声文字【けいせいもじ】

noun:

• hidden dora tile available when a player wins by riichi - Mahjong term

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• sun symbol (e.g. in a weather forecast)

noun:

• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 博士【はかせ】

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts ➜ 越後獅子

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

noun:

• peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)

expression / noun:

• changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons ➜ 移り変わり【うつりかわり】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite (at); to snap at
• to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

conjunction / interjection:

• come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up
• well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm
• well now; let's see; there we go; all right - said when surprised or happy
• about that; you see

adjectival noun / noun:

• dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role)
• not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth - colloquialism ➜ 力不足【ちからぶそく】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of
• to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees