noun / ~する noun:

• total coverage; giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary ➜ 密着

noun:

• Trapa japonica (species of plant closely related to water chestnut or water caltrop)
• caltrop (weapon); caltrap

noun:

• spiral (railway); spiral loop; curved railway line used to ascend steep hills ➜ ループ線

noun:

• bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

expression:

• not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

noun:

• immaculate conception; virgin birth; tradition that Jesus was born to Mary although she was a virgin ➜ 処女受胎【しょじょじゅたい】

noun:

• poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)

~よい adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

noun:

• abstract side of things (such as personnel, skill, information; as opposed to physical things) ➜ ハード面

noun:

• moving shallow; spawning run; movement of fish from deep to shallow water during the spawning season

noun:

• leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.) - Sumo, Martial Arts term
• foothold; pedal

adverbial noun:

• nearly (used to estimate a period of time by rounding up incomplete units) ➜ 丸【まる】

noun:

• zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
• hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family) ［四手・垂］

noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

expression / auxiliary verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating the speaker's personal recollection or something they've heard (e.g. "was", "wasn't it?", "is said to have ...", etc.) - archaism

noun:

• Japan surgeonfish (Acanthurus japonicus, Indo-West Pacific species of tang found from Indonesia to the Philippines and Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

noun / ~の noun:

• (one's) master
• Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) ［しゅ］
• the main thing; the majority; the primary concern ［しゅ］ ➜ 主たる・主として

noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done three times) ➜ 一本締め【いっぽんじめ】

noun / ~する noun:

• searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc. - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 結婚活動

noun:

• involuntary upgrade; operational upgrade; free upgrade to business or first class on an overbooked flight

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year - four character idiom

noun:

• voluntary insurance; optional insurance; extra insurance; vehicle insurance in addition to the basic mandatory insurance ➜ 強制保険

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to

noun / adjectival noun:

• forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium

noun:

• within a dream; while dreaming