adverb:

• by return; (call or write back) without delay

noun:

• lapel; cuff; turn-up; flap
• going back; returning; turn (marathon, swimming, etc.)
• chorus; refrain
• shuttle service
• aliasing (in imaging)

noun / ~の noun:

• back-to-back; BTB - IT term

noun:

• wrapping (text on computer screen); wrap - IT term

noun:

• the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節

noun:

• destined to poverty; parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; poor person's mentality (e.g. inability to relax)

noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】

noun:

• problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru"

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru" - abbreviation ➜ サ行変格活用

noun:

• wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
• The Wasteland (poem by T.S. Eliot)

noun:

• bulk modulus; volume elasticity; volume modulus; measure of a substance's resistance to uniform compression

noun:

• favourite printing (edition); favorite printing; collector's edition

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to win over; to win another's heart

noun:

• Pauli exclusion principle; Pauli's principle - Physics term

expression / noun:

• third time lucky; third time's the charm - proverb

noun:

• side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to hurt someone's feelings; to offend someone

noun:

• associate (of arts); associate's degree (in arts)

noun:

• Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura orii); Orii's shrew

noun:

• People's Honour Award (honor); National Honour Award

noun:

• start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement; beginning
• event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar
• opening a sealed jar or container

expression:

• persevering through something difficult makes one stronger; whatever doesn't kill us only makes us stronger; slow but steady wins the race - proverb

expression:

• one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat [literal]

noun:

• Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis)
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

noun:

• Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation") ➜ 悪貨は良貨を駆逐する

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

expression:

• if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears; the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass [literal]