adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form

noun:

• lost point (in a game); point given away; conceded goal Antonym: 得点
• run charged to the pitcher - Baseball term
• blunder; mistake; error

noun:

• secret (method, trick, etc.); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); key (e.g. to success); recipe

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• innocence
• insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.)
• free from obstructive thoughts - Buddhism term ➜ 有心

~する noun / transitive:

• to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

expression:

• in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)
• hoping or wishing for something

adjectival noun:

• real; realistic; true to life

noun:

• realtime blog - abbreviation
• real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
• rial (currency)

noun / ~する noun:

• laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter
• scornful laughter; snicker; snigger - colloquialism

noun:

• the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate [literal]
• weak point; Achilles' heel

noun:

• the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat) - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

noun:

• six copies
• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 六十六部

noun:

• local commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras)
• draw to find the theme for poetry session; composing poetry by lot

noun:

• sky burial (funeral ritual in which the body of the deceased is exposed to be eaten by birds)

noun:

• playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
• surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean - esp. ケレン

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

noun:

• donothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• motor cortex (area of the brain just anterior to the central sulcus responsible for controlling voluntary muscle activity)

noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water - From English "mask clear" ➜ マスクブロー

expression / adjective:

• difficult to get into
• not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity Antonym: ノリが良い【ノリがよい】

noun:

• fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

noun:

• magnificent rabbitfish (Siganus magnificus, species of rabbitfish found from Thailand to Java)

noun:

• Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); water leguaan ➜ ナイルモニター

noun:

• greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies (in Heian period Kyoto) ➜ 内裏

noun:

• object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life - Buddhism term