noun:

• lock; tuft; tassel; feathers (i.e. fringe of hair on the legs); feathering; penicil

noun:

• mushroom that springs up in the morning and withers by night; "something short-lived" [figurative] - archaism

noun:

• starting the new school year from autumn (instead of spring); autumnal admission; fall matriculation

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun:

• Pantherinae; subfamily of Felidae which contains the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis

noun:

• sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast) ➜ 酒かす

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

noun:

• economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 - From English "Lehman Shock"

noun:

• blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• PRISM; mass electronic surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) ➜ 体育座り【たいいくずわり】

noun:

• snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley

noun:

• young men and women who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964

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:

• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

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:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗

noun:

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

noun:

• (being in) the black; surplus Antonym: 赤字
• black letter

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• at first; at the beginning; initially; originally