noun:

• lower secondary education (e.g. middle school)

noun:

• chaplain (e.g. of a prison)

noun:

• humble language (e.g. itadaku) - Linguistics term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to compare (e.g notes); to exchange (e.g. views, opinions)

noun:

• continuous session (e.g. trading in a stock exchange); zaraba

noun:

• filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote

noun / ~する noun:

• tackle (e.g. rugby)

noun:

• fishing tackle ➜ 釣り具

adverb / ~と adverb:

• cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique) ➜ ぷちぷち

~の noun / noun:

• unpatterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); unfigured; plain Antonym: 有文

counter:

• counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

godan ~す verb:

• to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle

expression / noun:

• fruits of one's wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting (e.g. metal)

noun:

• initiation of debate (e.g. in parliament)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
• to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)

noun:

• window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses) ➜ 虫籠格子

noun / ~する noun:

• lifting and recovery (e.g. in marine salvage)

noun:

• leading party (e.g. in parliament); dominant party

~と adverb:

• (with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap - onomatopoeia

noun:

• background reflections (e.g. on a window); reflected glare

noun:

• final hand of a game (i.e. south round, fourth hand) - Mahjong term - From English "all last"

noun:

• primary structure (e.g. of a protein)

noun / ~する noun:

• independent production (e.g. of a film)

noun:

• sounder (e.g. for a telegraph)