adverb:

• sound of cracking branches; sound made when cracking one's knuckles - onomatopoeia

expression:

• without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

noun:

• Aulonocara Fort Maguire (species of peacock cichlid, Aulonocara hansbaenschi); firebird cichlid

noun:

• East Atlantic African spadefish (Ephippus goreensis, species of Eastern Atlantic spadefish)

noun:

• sweetbread; thymus or pancreas (esp. of a calf or a lamb) - Food term

noun:

• break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow

noun:

• first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

noun:

• Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books ➜ 二十五史

noun:

• geta supports made out of magnolia wood; geta with these supports

noun:

• Shingon Shinto; any branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings ➜ 両部神道

noun:

• Koya paper; Japanese paper produced in the vicinity of Mt. Koya ➜ 和紙

noun:

• reverse sexual harassment; sexual harassment of males by females

noun:

• four concealed triplets (yakuman); four concealed three-of-a-kinds - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 暗刻【アンコー】・役満

noun:

• public prosecutor's record of a statement given before a prosecutor - from 検察官面前調書 - abbreviation

noun:

• Ryukyuan mission to Edo upon the change of the Ryukyuan King ➜ 慶賀使

noun:

• circular error probability (measure of missile accuracy); circular error probable; CEP

noun:

• increase in profit; increase in profitability; augmentation of earnings; revenue management

noun:

• light tearing or ripping sound; sound of tearing along perforated lines - onomatopoeia

noun:

• drawing of a character in a standing pose (in video games)

noun:

• Tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin

noun:

• (crime of) rape (or attempted rape) resulting in death or injury - Law term

expression:

• without noticing; before one realizes; before one is aware of

expression / noun:

• having a happy and harmonious relationship (of a husband and wife) - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished - idiom

noun:

• lex talionis; the law of talion; an eye for an eye - Law term - From Latin "talio"