noun:

• a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some - From English "plus alpha"

noun:

• ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up - poss. also from ガンガン黒い ➜ ギャル

noun / ~する noun:

• soaking fabric in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam
• blanching (food); parboiling food

noun:

• Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs - しーしー and しし are col. ➜ 獅子

expression / ichidan verb:

• to accept an offer; to be charmed by someone's kind words and do as he wishes

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it

noun:

• fruit of a cactus in genus Opuntia (incl. prickly pears and cholla); cactus pear

noun:

• bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

ichidan verb:

• to take off something (e.g. a pair of shoes) and leave them neatly aligned side by side

noun:

• pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)

noun:

• dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)

noun:

• tanbo art; using rice of various types and colours to create giant pictures in rice fields

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 特定アジア

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to be frugal; to be sparing
• to value; to hold dear
• to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
• to be unwilling; to be reluctant

noun:

• beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) - archaism
• hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 獣狩り

ichidan verb:

• to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

noun:

• end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin
• beginning; start; first
• odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun:

• light Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants ➜ 惣菜【そうざい】

noun:

• labyrinth spinefoot (Siganus labyrinthodes, species of Western Central Pacific rabbitfish known from Indonesia and thought more widespread)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature