noun:

• plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped) - abbreviation ➜ 八丈絹・八丈縞

noun:

• direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion) - abbreviation - IT term ➜ 漢字直接入力

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented - abbreviation ➜ 草食系男子
• men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls - abbreviation - slang

adverb:

• of course; for sure; definitely - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 勿論【もちろん】

suffix:

• contest; match - abbreviation ➜ 競べ

noun:

• footrace - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 駆け競べ

noun:

• children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards - abbreviation ➜ 押し競べ

suffix:

• doing; in such a state - abbreviation
• doing together; contest; match
• familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small") - familiar language

interjection:

• cute!; adorable! - from かわゆいです - abbreviation ➜ かわゆい

noun:

• election campaign strategy; election tactics - abbreviation ➜ 選挙対策

noun:

• nuclear terrorism - abbreviation

noun:

• Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple - abbreviation of 栴檀林 - Buddhism term ➜ 栴檀
• Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧・談林風・談林派

noun:

• Yamato (province) ➜ 大和
• Japan ➜ 日本
• the art of classical Japanese poetry - abbreviation ➜ 敷島の道

noun:

• gold quarter-ryou; Edo-period coin - abbreviation ➜ 一分金・小判・一分判金

noun:

• observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc. - archaism
• astronomical expert - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 霊台郎・天文博士
• place where the soul is located - archaism

adjective:

• dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic - abbreviation - slang ➜ 懐かしい【なつかしい】

noun:

• Diet members' caucus; caucus of the Diet - abbreviation ➜ 議員連盟

noun:

• Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet); House Steering Committee; Standing Committee for House Management - abbreviation ➜ 議院運営委員会

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be on the brink of death - abbreviation ➜ 命旦夕に迫る

noun:

• being drawn to something one loves; amorous passion - Buddhism term
• Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love) - abbreviation ➜ 愛染明王

noun:

• community college - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ コミュニティーカレッジ

noun:

• type of jōruri recitation - abbreviation ➜ 浄瑠璃【じょうるり】・新内節

noun:

• dark hole
• idiot; fool
• historical road - abbreviation ➜ 闇穴道

noun:

• image response - abbreviation - slang - IT term

noun:

• brass band - abbreviation ➜ ブラスバンド