noun:

• woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.)

noun:

• snippets; trimmings; cuttings

expression:

• two people arguing and not letting the other express their opinions - idiom

noun:

• Quanrong; ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BCE)

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb

noun:

• Palme d'Or (highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival)

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; ISIL
• information separator; delimiter - IT term

noun:

• mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props ➜ バミる

noun / ~の noun:

• ruling party; government party; party in power; government

noun:

• share in inheritance; inheritance share; portion of inheritance

noun:

• land speculation; real-estate speculation; speculation in land

noun:

• was ［ワズ］
• was just in; just left; just did - esp. in Twitter - slang

noun:

• assets on deposit; assets in custody; deposit assets

noun:

• Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat untidily
• to eat a bit of everything
• to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things

expression / noun:

• five-day workweek system; five-day school-week - sometimes 完全週休２日制
• having two days off in at least one week of a month

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate someone by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ あごで使う

noun:

• yo-yo fishing [literal]; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

noun:

• meal with family members eating separate foods
• eating alone (not with one's family)
• food sold in single servings ［個食・こ食］

noun:

• red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink) ➜ 青文字系

noun / ~する noun:

• bowing respectfully with one's hands clasped in front of one's chest - obscure term
• abdication of an emperor to a successor (China) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• death from explosion; death from bombing
• bombing (in sales); flopping - slang

noun:

• women's bath; women's section in a public bath ➜ 男湯