noun / ~する noun:

• motivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries - obscure term
• making an uproar - obscure term

adverb / ~する noun:

• very short and stout; small but quite wide around - onomatopoeia ➜ ずんぐり

noun:

• mixed plutonium and uranium oxides fuel; MOX

noun:

• harassment, discrimination, bullying, etc. of staff and students at educational institutions - abbreviation - From English "academic harassment" ➜ アカデミックハラスメント

adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; fresh-baked; fresh from the oven - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• United States and South Korea; American-Korean

expression:

• (coming through) loud and clear

noun:

• Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses) ➜ 地蔵

noun:

• examinatinon with MRI, MRA, etc. to check for aneurysms and other problems - from "brain dry-dock" ➜ 人間ドック

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り

noun:

• being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

expression / noun:

• no-hit, no-run game; no-hitter - Baseball term

noun / ~の noun:

• mixture of correct and broken speech

noun:

• earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements) - Buddhism term

noun:

• a strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• detailed and accurate; exhaustive and precise; meticulous; finely detailed ➜ 正確【せいかく】

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

noun:

• guardian and tutor of a nobleman's child

noun:

• hook-and-ladder truck

noun:

• physical growth and development

noun:

• the oil and fat industry

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold (the opponent) in the arms and carry him out of the ring

expression:

• money comes and goes; money goes around and around - proverb ➜ 金は天下の回りもの

noun:

• kiss-and-ride; dropping a family member off at a station

noun:

• stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)