noun:

• plastic packing material with air bubbles; bubble wrap - From English "air cap"
• cap on a tyre valve
• brand of lawn mower

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

noun:

• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp - also written as 大頭
• emperor's encampment

noun:

• pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine

noun:

• Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple) - Buddhism term

noun:

• underground website or online message board for a school where students typically exchange information on tests, commit cyberbullying, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• dozing off in the middle of doing something; becoming inactive online due to falling asleep (esp. during a multi-player game)

noun:

• shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

noun:

• tempo indication; tempo marking; (a) tempo ➜ 速度標語

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

• world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy)
• appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

noun / ~する noun:

• trying to think of (a way); working out (how to do)
• contriving (to raise money); managing

noun:

• leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

noun:

• stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate
• stalking horse; spoiler

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• having great (impressive, commanding) presence; having an air of importance; having enough gravity for (a position) - four character idiom

noun:

• Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) ➜ 日吉神道

noun:

• searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc.

noun:

• orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to compare; to make a comparison
• to compete; to vie ➜ 力比べ

noun / ~する noun:

• entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out

noun:

• driver (of a vehicle)
• screwdriver - abbreviation ➜ スクリュードライバー
• driver (golf)
• driver; device driver - IT term

~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over - onomatopoeia

noun:

• western part; the west (of a region)
• the West (United States)