noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Kansai dialect - Food term ➜ どぶ漬け【どぶづけ】

noun:

• dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks) - Food term

noun:

• (male) otaku obsessed with (female) idols ➜ オタク

noun:

• shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle

noun:

• dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon) ➜ 蝶鮫

noun:

• isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature

noun:

• rain dragon; mythical beast with yellowish green skin and red tail

~よい adjective:

• attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy

noun:

• skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties - abbreviation ➜ 公務執行妨害罪

noun:

• barracks; cantonment
• temporary lodging with roof but no walls (esp. for military exercises) - orig. meaning

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)
• to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
• to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense
• to be muffled (e.g. voice)
• to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
• to confine oneself in a temple to pray

noun:

• teacher; master; doctor - honorific language

suffix:

• with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific - honorific language

noun:

• previous existence ［せんじょう］ - archaism ➜ 前生

adjectival noun / noun:

• trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry
• care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person)

adverb:

• originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually
• in the first place; to begin with

prefix:

• next
• hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) ➜ 次亜

counter:

• order; sequence; time; times

noun:

• keirin; cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish - ケイリン is often used for the sport, and 競輪 is often used in the context of gambling

noun:

• onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori) - polite language

noun:

• curly men's hairstyle, usu. associated with yakuza or delinquents - From English "punch permanent"

noun:

• jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

noun:

• motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped - abbreviation ➜ 原動機付自転車

noun / ~する noun:

• complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins - Sports term

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• parched; dried-up; bone-dry - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• empty; hollow - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• rattling; clattering - onomatopoeia
• laughing loudly; roaring with laughter - onomatopoeia

noun:

• armchair; chair with arm rests
• senior staff