noun:

• sport similar to ball-toss game played in schools (All Japan Tamaire) - abbreviation ➜ 玉入れ

noun:

• signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc. - slang

noun:

• someone who withdraws from society (e.g. hides in their room); hikikomori - derogatory term - slang ➜ 引きこもり

noun:

• high tension (as in electronics, etc.)
• excited; enthusiastic

noun:

• Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan) - archaism

noun:

• san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)

expression:

• great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight [literal] - idiom

noun:

• deposit insurance
• payoff (e.g. in game theory)

expression:

• great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight [literal] - idiom ➜ 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い

adverb:

• evenly; equably; in an uniform and orderly fashion

noun:

• rock tripe (edible lichen used as medication in Korea, China and Japan)

noun:

• Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni, found in southern Australia and New Zealand)

noun:

• (ritsuryo system) teacher responsible for training in astronomy, astrology, calendar-making, etc. - archaism

noun:

• roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• toad venom (used as an analgesic and cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)

noun:

• muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking - slang

noun:

• attacking each other; capturing race (e.g. in go); mutual attack

expression / noun:

• misty mountain with blossoming buds and flowers as it appears in spring

noun:

• cigarette lighter socket (in an automobile)

expression / noun:

• couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship

noun:

• friends who sleep next to each other (without engaging in sexual activities) - abbreviation ➜ 添い寝フレンド

noun:

• Bopomofo; Zhuyin fuhao; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan

noun:

• large regional newspaper (usu. sold in more than one prefecture)

noun:

• baby colic (in infants around 3 months old)