noun:

• nilas; sea ice crust up to 10 centimetres thick

noun:

• polishing; polished item ➜ 磨り出す
• match (to light fire with) ➜ マッチ

noun:

• ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)

expression / noun:

• danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety Antonym: 身の安全

noun:

• Leontopodium hayachinense (species of plant related to Edelweiss)

noun:

• merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come surging (waves, enemy troops etc.)

noun:

• climate sensitivity (e.g. to changes in CO2 levels)

noun:

• backpacker (esp. mid-60s to end-70s) ➜ バックパッカー

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (jumping) nimbly; light-footed - onomatopoeia

expression:

• boing - onomatopoeia

particle:

• used to affect cuteness - at sentence end - onomatopoeia - humorous term

noun:

• traversing horizontally; passing through laterally; running east to west

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

noun:

• treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion

noun:

• movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century Japan)

expression:

• no concern of mine; nothing to do with me ➜ 我関せず

expression:

• every flow has its ebb - proverb
• arrogance leads to downfall - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship

noun:

• chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies ➜ 司会者【しかいしゃ】

noun:

• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko

noun / ~する noun:

• dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death

noun / ~する noun:

• dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death ➜ 孤独死

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

adverb:

• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

adjectival noun / noun:

• throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside; being a big fish in a small pond - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place

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

noun:

• profile; face in profile; face seen from the side
• (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)