expression / ichidan verb:

• to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question - idiom

noun:

• playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
• surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean - esp. ケレン

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

noun:

• accidentally running up a fortune by access the web on your mobile phone; death by packet [literal] - slang ➜ パケット通信

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water - From English "mask clear" ➜ マスクブロー

noun / ~する noun:

• facial flushing; drink-reddened face
• having a hoarse voice after drinking; raspiness caused by over-drinking

noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• shingling using thick roof shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. shrine buildings, noh stages, etc.) ➜ 栩板

noun:

• fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season) - archaism

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand ➜ 見て見ぬ振り

noun:

• beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta) ➜ 百人一首【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

noun:

• getting paid to go out drinking (usu. a set amount to cover the taxi fare home) ➜ ギャラ

noun:

• you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land) [literal]

noun:

• cloudiness; cloudy weather
• fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); blur; mist; shadow; dimness
• gloom; dejection

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun:

• tyre chains; anti-skid device
• backup measure; taking entrance examination to a university in case one fails at other universities

noun:

• official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation) - Sumo term ➜ 年寄

noun:

• pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine

noun:

• underground website or online message board for a school where students typically exchange information on tests, commit cyberbullying, etc.

noun:

• tempo indication; tempo marking; (a) tempo ➜ 速度標語

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly