noun:

• scale (i.e. hard water coating in a kettle, etc.); fur

noun:

• vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions ➜ 合わせ酢

noun:

• overnight stay when traveling (travelling) ➜ 旅寝
• sleeping on grass in an open field

noun:

• activist (in a political movement); crusader (e.g. for women's rights)

noun:

• final cut severing a wrestler's top-knot in his retirement ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot - from "barcode head"

noun / ~する noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

expression:

• cool! (only when said or written in a questioning tone); incredible; unbelievable

noun / ~する noun:

• kicking a ball in mid-air (soccer, football) - From English "volley shoot"

noun:

• hungry spirit (lacking in people not having drive or ambition)

noun:

• flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad) - Buddhism term ➜ 三尊【さんぞん】・中尊【ちゅうぞん】

noun:

• user needs (generally in market research and IT)

noun:

• congratulatory postcards with a spring pattern sold every year in February

noun:

• pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing - four character idiom ➜ 夏山冬里方式

noun:

• decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place

noun:

• in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right

noun:

• sport similar to ball-toss game played in schools (All Japan Tamaire) - abbreviation ➜ 玉入れ

noun:

• railgun (gun in which a conductive projectile is propelled using electromagnetic force)

noun:

• coilgun (gun in which a magnetic projectile is propelled using electromagnetic coils)

noun:

• nonenal (fatty acid responsible for a distinctive body odor in older people) ➜ 加齢臭

noun:

• signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc. - slang

noun:

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