noun:

• rising intonation; upward inflection
• rising (sales, tendency, etc.); getting better; improvement
• feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar ➜ 逆上がり

noun:

• Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis)
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

noun:

• simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

noun:

• being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop - sensitive
• upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat - archaism

noun:

• bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

noun:

• mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard
• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles) ➜ 蟒草

noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

noun / ~する noun:

• revenge
• making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time ➜ リターンマッチ

expression:

• constant dripping wears away the stone; little strokes fell great oaks; limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats - four character idiom

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) ➜ 漫画

noun:

• intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

expression:

• even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed [literal] - abbreviation ➜ 鬼も十八番茶も出花

expression / adjective:

• simple (e.g. matter); problem free
• hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

noun:

• (entering into) nirvana

suffix noun:

• used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent; tranquil - usu. せき

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

expression:

• if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears; the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass [literal]

noun:

• tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance)
• sleight of hand; magic

noun:

• someone from one's own province (China) ➜ 外省人
• someone whose ancestors had lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang related immigration wave ➜ 外省人

noun:

• Chiloscyllium (genus of carpet sharks or bamboo sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with long snouts and subterminal nostrils)

noun:

• scoophead (Sphyrna media, species of little-known hammerhead shark found in tropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific)

noun:

• slender unicorn (Naso minor, species of Indo-West Pacific tang found from Mozambique to the Philippines); blackspine unicornfish; little unicorn

noun:

• finelined surgeonfish (Acanthurus grammoptilus, species of Western Pacific tang found in the Philippines, Indonesia and north-western Australia)

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest) ➜ 神【かみ】
• goddess of (lucky) directions ➜ 歳徳神