noun:

• beauty spot; place with beautiful scenery ［奇勝］
• unexpected victory; victory by uncommon stratagem

noun / ~する noun:

• team-translation (e.g. carried out by more than one person); joint translation

noun:

• national holiday (by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays)

noun:

• stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice

noun:

• atrium; well (in building); vault ➜ 階段の吹き抜け

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• blow-by; blow-bye; blowout

~の noun:

• drafty; draughty

noun:

• good match; suitable candidate (for marriage)
• good opportunity to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term

noun:

• ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities

godan ~う verb:

• to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon

noun:

• Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

noun:

• fire balloon (experimental weapon launched by Japan during World War II); balloon bomb

godan ~る verb:

• to be shrouded by darkness
• to fall into deep sadness or despair

noun:

• Base64; binary data/text data encoding conversion defined by MIME - IT term

noun:

• pleasant person; attractive person; animal liked by all because of its cuteness

noun:

• black silk or paper triangle worn over the forehead (usu. worn by children)

noun:

• medical treatment at one's own expense; treatment not covered by health insurance

expression:

• dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

noun / ~する noun:

• involving the audience (by talking to them, bringing them on stage, etc.)

noun:

• drastic improvement of appearance via makeup; suddenly looking better by using makeup

noun:

• persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story - colloquialism ➜ 泣き落とし

ichidan verb:

• to cook (esp. grains such as rice, by boiling); to finish cooking

noun:

• Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army

noun:

• ranking of web pages by number of times viewed

noun:

• Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta - Buddhism term

noun:

• Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha - Buddhism term

noun:

• ball (for sport, games, etc.)
• kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan ［鞠・毬］ ➜ 蹴鞠