expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

noun:

• on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)

noun:

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

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• fiber to the x (generic term for any network architecture that uses optical fiber) (fibre); FTTx

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

noun / ~の noun:

• near point (closest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 遠点【えんてん】
• periapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 遠点【えんてん】

noun:

• far point (farthest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 近点【きんてん】
• apoapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 近点【きんてん】

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

noun:

• Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street - obscure term

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the North; Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• newspaper article where the journalist gives their own opinions, etc. on a particular topic; op-ed article

expression / noun:

• fiscal cliff; sharp decline in the United States budget deficit that could have occurred beginning in 2013

noun:

• wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayaura divination ➜ 粥占

noun:

• cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor - orig. an abbr. of 仕事 ➜ パチンコ

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate; to shift (position); to be out of sync.; to be slightly off; to be off-point

adjectival noun / noun:

• spare time; free time; leisure

noun:

• time (e.g. time it takes to do something) ［ひま・ヒマ］

adjectival noun / noun:

• time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave
• quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse)

adjectival noun:

• (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow ［ひま・ヒマ］

noun:

• leaving; departing ［いとま］ ➜ 御暇

noun:

• cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot ➜ 鞘

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to screw up; to put the screws on (a person)
• to constrict (someone, something)

ichidan verb:

• to bury something in the ground
• to cover coals with ash; to bank a fire

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

noun:

• emperor; living god; god incarnate
• miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

ichidan verb:

• to impose (printing); to lay out the page order
• to assemble (e.g. components)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth - idiom