expression / adjective:

• too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

noun:

• festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

noun:

• scooter with a compartment under the seat to hold a helmet - From English "(hel)met in" ➜ メット

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a damper on proceedings (e.g. at a meeting or party, etc.)

noun:

• Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

noun:

• air guitar (imaginary instrument used when pretending to play the guitar)

noun:

• main menu in a restaurant, as opposed to the lunchtime menu

expression:

• not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

noun / ~する noun:

• rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers) - Mathematics term

noun:

• V-sign; hand gesture similar to the peace sign, representing victory or happiness

noun:

• fur coat (to protect against the cold)
• clothes made with the down of birds

noun:

• brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister) - abbreviation ➜ ブラザーコンプレックス・シスコン
• black contemporary (music) - abbreviation ➜ ブラックコンテンポラリー

noun:

• hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length - From English "very short"

noun / suffix noun:

• elder brother ➜ 兄【あに】

pronoun:

• pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure; Mister; Mr - familiar language - male language

noun:

• man only used to receive meals from; man who always pays for food - slang ➜ ミツグ君

noun:

• people who study or work while listening to the radio (or watching television, etc.)

noun:

• agreement used to prevent unauthorized or faked divorce by couples in Japan in the future

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone) - obscure term

noun:

• yellow dog contract (employment contract which forbids the employee to join a labor union)

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• (as opposed to those compiled later) ancient fudoki compiled by imperial order in 713 CE ➜ 風土記

noun:

• Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)

noun:

• pitching forward, as if to fall ➜ のめる

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• proactive; forward-looking; positive
• hasty (without sufficient preparation); rushed