noun:

• normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people ➜ ノーマライゼーション・常態化

noun:

• book cafe; bookshop with in-house cafe

noun:

• rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto
• car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency

noun:

• toward Japan; with Japan

noun / ~する noun:

• riding together; riding with

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to flirt with; to dally

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

noun / suffix noun:

• set (of items) - pronounced ぐみ as a suffix
• group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team

noun:

• typesetting; composition

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

noun:

• single crime consisting of multiple independent crimes (i.e. robbery, which consists of theft and threats or use of violence)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn
• to fix (hair, clothes, appearance etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom
• to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake); to gloss over
• to treat (illness, injury, etc.) - archaism

interjection:

• Well done!; Bravo!

noun:

• zenzai; red bean soup made with Azuki beans (style varies according to region)

noun:

• unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious ➜ 六曜

noun:

• nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks - Food term ➜ 麸【ふ】

noun:

• qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)

noun:

• young men with deep tans (or dark makeup) who wear white eyeliner and lipstick - slang

expression:

• phrase used (usu. with accompanying crossed fingers gesture) to ward off catching 'dirtiness' from another child - children's language ➜ えんがちょ

noun:

• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) - archaism

noun:

• orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency

noun:

• briefly-boiled chicken breast (served cold and mostly raw as sashimi with wasabi-seasoned shoyu)

noun:

• loco moco; Hawaiian dish, trad. white rice topped with hamburger patty, fried egg and brown gravy - Food term

expression:

• having been told something so often that one is fed up with it - abbreviation - idiom - colloquialism ➜ 耳に胼胝ができる【みみにたこができる】

noun:

• bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with white stalks); pak choi; Chinese cabbage - From Chinese ➜ チンゲンサイ

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)
• to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock)
• to be excited; to be titillated; to be mesmerized; to be enthralled

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors)
• to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) - usu. 締め切る