noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun:

• peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Galeorhinus (genus whose only member is the school shark, Galeorhinus galeus, in the family Triakidae)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a slap; with a pop; with a plop - onomatopoeia
• without batting an eyelid - onomatopoeia
• generously - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun:

• peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); height (e.g. of summer) - ざかり when used as a suffix
• prime (of one's life); one's best days

noun:

• rutting; being in heat

adverb:

• suddenly; at once; in one go; with a jerk; with a gulp - onomatopoeia
• considerably; very much; a lot - onomatopoeia
• firmly; with an effort; tightly; exerting pressure - onomatopoeia
• completely (e.g. at a loss) - onomatopoeia
• deeply (e.g. moved) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.
• gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "furusato nozei" tax scheme ➜ ふるさと納税

noun / adjectival noun:

• appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)
• cut and paste - IT term

noun:

• backwash; rip current; undertow ➜ 寄せ波
• stern wave
• drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest) ➜ 押し波

noun:

• Showa-era stage show in which a woman would stand half-naked in a frame (resembling a Western-style painting)

noun:

• finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate situation - four character idiom

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky ➜ 陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

numeric:

• one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

noun:

• one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
• thickness
• advantageous circumstances
• one-tenth of a monme of silver ➜ 匁【もんめ】

noun:

• aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention
• two smiths hammering at an object in turn ➜ 向こう鎚

expression:

• avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries [literal] - proverb

expression:

• something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom

noun:

• meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; to invoke a storm [literal]

noun:

• fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
• person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to

noun:

• shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club - From English "live house"

noun:

• temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs) - Shintō term