noun:

• arrow collector (at an archery range); collecting arrows

noun:

• red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)

noun:

• annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

noun:

• sexual activity (at a brothel) involving body lotion and an air mattress - From English "mat play"

noun:

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

noun:

• senior (e.g. at school)

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November) - archaism ➜ 酉の市

noun:

• (former) regular (stops at every station) Tōhoku-line Shinkansen - obsolete term ➜ やまびこ

noun:

• Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines) ➜ お火焚

noun:

• casting a coquettish (an amorous) glance (at a man) - four character idiom

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun:

• individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland) - slang ➜ ソープランド

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a bid (e.g. at an auction)

noun:

• stormy weather (at sea) Antonym: 凪
• poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
• poor turn-out; recession

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn up (at the edge); to leave a clean aftertaste

noun:

• senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer - slang ➜ 先輩【せんぱい】

noun:

• reactive oxygen (i.e. free radicals, which can be destructive at high concentrations)

noun:

• (seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor) - colloquialism

noun:

• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

~の noun / noun:

• existing (at the present moment) ➜ 在る【ある】

adjectival noun / noun:

• alright; acceptable; passable - colloquialism

~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have ➜ 在る【ある】・在る【ある】

noun:

• announcement flier (e.g. sale at a shop)
• raffle ticket; lottery ticket

~と adverb / adverb:

• growing light (e.g. at dawn)
• pale
• appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way

noun:

• outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)
• outer frame of a lattice door