noun:

• one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone) - obscure term

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• social awareness (e.g. in fiction)

noun:

• bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews), such as that included on DVDs of movies, television programs, etc.

noun:

• increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)

noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ➜ 大の月

noun:

• portal film (e.g. in radiotherapy) ➜ 確認写真

noun:

• chiropterans (i.e. bats)

noun:

• polite language (e.g. masu, desu) - Linguistics term

noun:

• Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a punishment (e.g. for losing a contest or arriving late) ➜ 罰杯

noun:

• entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house) ➜ 上がり口
• start of a rise (e.g. in prices)

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく - obscure term - From English "cushion word"

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

noun:

• steamed confection (e.g. manjū, uirō, steamed yōkan); steamed cake

noun:

• Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions, etc.)

noun:

• character encoding (e.g. JIS, Unicode, etc.); character code

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter - onomatopoeia ➜ ぴくっと

noun:

• Little's disease (i.e. spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy)

noun:

• Kenji era (1275.4.25-1278.2.29)

noun:

• pure brew (e.g. sake, soy sauce)

expression / adjective:

• innocent (e.g. child); pure (e.g. heart)

noun / ~する noun:

• free ride (e.g. on train)

noun:

• ejection (e.g. cardiac output) - Medicine term

adjective:

• intolerant (e.g. to others misbehaviour) Antonym: 器の大きい ➜ 器が小さい