noun:

• using early morning time (before going to work) for some other activity (e.g. study)

noun:

• use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

noun:

• Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus) ➜ モザンビークティラピア

noun:

• homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.) ➜ キャラ・弁【べん】

noun:

• office system where employees are free to change desk ➜ フリーアドレス

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words

noun:

• person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company ➜ ＮＥＥＴ

noun:

• game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

noun:

• paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer

noun:

• journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. ➜ 輪講

noun:

• taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die

noun:

• pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program - From English "radio name"

noun:

• party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils - from Mickey Mouse - Kansai dialect ➜ ボンナイフ

noun / ~する noun:

• reading but not responding to a text message (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

noun:

• system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam ➜ エスカレーター学校【エスカレーターがっこう】

noun:

• antenna
• thing or method used to collect information or opinions

noun / ~する noun:

• surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

noun:

• ceremony
• matter; affair

suffix:

• with regard to; as for; as concerns - used after a person's name, a personal pronoun, etc. in epistolary style

noun:

• one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity

noun / ~する noun:

• lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• like an electric shock; ripping; rattling - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• tearing to pieces; ripping apart - onomatopoeia

expression / adjective:

• cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary ➜ 無い
• have to do - after negative base of verb ➜ なければならない

noun:

• Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

expression:

• cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary
• have to do - after negative base of verb