noun:

• player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known

noun:

• diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes

noun:

• "New Nessie" (unidentified sea creature discovered by Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru in 1977)

noun:

• Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity") - obscure term ➜ オッカムの剃刀

noun:

• costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.) ➜ キャラ・緩い

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 才取会員

noun:

• cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping - idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• hanging; dangling

noun:

• April Theses; series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile

noun:

• Honnoji Incident; forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide (June 21, 1582)

noun:

• broad-rimmed topless cap worn (esp. by young children) to prevent shampoo getting into one's eyes - trademark of Pip Co., Ltd. - From English "shampoo hat"

noun:

• ABCD line; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

noun:

• PET bottle syndrome; insulin deficiency allegedly caused by high consumption of drinks from plastic bottles

noun:

• practice of grouping students by popularity according to their appearance, interests, personality, etc. - From English "school caste"

noun:

• filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote

godan ~う verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to sing

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem - esp. 歌う, 詠う

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place in a row; to line up
• to list; to enumerate
• to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be absent; to take a day off
• to rest; to have a break
• to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
• to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion

expression:

• It's good to have a girl first and then a boy

noun:

• jigo; go game resulting in a tie or a draw

noun:

• taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan - Sumo term