noun:

• sound post (e.g. of a violin)

noun:

• onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia) - Linguistics term ➜ 擬音語

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

noun:

• V-J Day (Aug. 15 or Sept. 2)

noun:

• redemption (e.g. of a loan) ➜ 受け戻す【うけもどす】

noun:

• between (e.g. two people); face to face
• hindrance; impediment
• arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music - usually written using kana alone - Music term

prefix:

• prefix used for stress or emphasis

counter:

• counter for traditional dance songs

noun:

• visible nipple (e.g. through clothing) - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming more difficult (e.g. exam); increasing difficulty

~の noun:

• coarsely ground (e.g. coffee, grain); minced (e.g. meat)

noun:

• missing link (i.e. transitional fossil)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)

expression / noun:

• before and after (e.g. photos) - From English "before after"

noun:

• transportation by water (e.g. by ship)

noun:

• air-damper (e.g. in chimney)
• wind door; door through which wind blows, e.g. to cool a room - archaism

noun:

• Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes) ➜ ゼノンの逆説

noun:

• Islamic law (i.e. sharia) ➜ シャリーア

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

noun:

• cavity margin (e.g. tooth, body)

noun:

• shoulder roast (e.g. of lamb)

godan ~す verb:

• to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to sprinkle (e.g. rain) ➜ パラパラ

godan ~る verb:

• to Google (i.e. to search for on the WWW using the Google search engine) - colloquialism

noun:

• Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)

noun:

• exchange conference (e.g. cultural, educational, etc.); exchange meeting

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• digital-analog (e.g. watch, conversion)