noun:

• soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• as the sound of surging water
• vigorous; surging; welling

noun:

• regular coffee (as opposed to instant coffee)

noun:

• slow food (as opposed to fast food)

prefix:

• single; simple

noun:

• singles (in tennis) - abbreviation ➜ 単試合
• winning system (as in horse racing) - abbreviation ➜ 単勝式

noun:

• chair seat; chair seating (as opposed to sitting on the floor)

noun:

• shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank ➜ 延喜式【えんぎしき】

noun:

• club (for adults, as opposed to for university students) ➜ サークル

noun:

• exchange or research student (as opposed to regular undergraduate or graduate) ➜ 正規生【せいきせい】

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

~の noun:

• within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

noun:

• highly skilled professionals (esp. as category of immigrants); highly talented personnel

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

noun:

• going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
• narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)

expression:

• evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail [literal] - idiom

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)
• to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution

adverb / ~する noun:

• for a moment; for a minute

adverb:

• for a while; for some time
• for the time being; for now

interjection:

• it's been a long time; long time no see

noun:

• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain ➜ 山下【さんか】
• mine; colliery - esp. 山元
• owner of a mountain; operator of a mine - esp. 山元

noun / ~する noun:

• actual (as opposed to hidden or obscured); obvious; clear; manifest; explicit; overt; apparent; evident; actualized; actualised

noun / ~の noun:

• consuming food and drink in restaurant (as opposed to taking it home) - From English "eat in"

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - abbreviation - From English "flying get" ➜ フライングゲット

noun:

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

noun:

• Orectolobidae (family containing eleven species in three genera of carpet sharks known as wobbegongs)