noun:

• afternoon assembly (at a company, etc.)

noun:

• (at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting the cake (at a wedding)

noun:

• turnaround (e.g. at the end of a driveway)

noun:

• tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

noun:

• copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark ➜ くろへりめじろ

noun:

• designated driver (e.g. at party, dinner, etc.) - From English "handle keeper"

noun:

• shoulder pain (at about age forty)

noun:

• Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)

noun:

• being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple) ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• serving food; food served ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• begging; beggar - archaism

noun:

• bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check

noun:

• caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff

noun:

• oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)

godan ~す verb:

• to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to point (gun at); to hold under one's nose

noun:

• customs procedures (at the airport, etc.)

noun:

• bell-ringing (at a temple)

noun:

• hot, moistened hand towel (supplied at table) - from 熱いおしぼり - slang - abbreviation ➜ お絞り

noun / ~する noun:

• (at a) very slow speed

noun:

• academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)

noun:

• children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards ➜ 押しくらまんじゅう

noun:

• (to aim at) a weak point

noun:

• Hemiscyllium (genus of longtail carpet sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with short snouts, nostrils at the tip, and elevated eyes and supraorbital ridges)

noun:

• hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)

noun / ~する noun:

• buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at kids, such as manga) - colloquialism