expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a damper on proceedings (e.g. at a meeting or party, etc.)

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

noun / ~する noun:

• rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers) - Mathematics term

noun:

• brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister) - abbreviation ➜ ブラザーコンプレックス・シスコン
• black contemporary (music) - abbreviation ➜ ブラックコンテンポラリー

noun:

• hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length - From English "very short"

noun / suffix noun:

• elder brother ➜ 兄【あに】

pronoun:

• pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure; Mister; Mr - familiar language - male language

noun:

• man only used to receive meals from; man who always pays for food - slang ➜ ミツグ君

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone) - obscure term

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• (as opposed to those compiled later) ancient fudoki compiled by imperial order in 713 CE ➜ 風土記

noun:

• pitching forward, as if to fall ➜ のめる

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• proactive; forward-looking; positive
• hasty (without sufficient preparation); rushed

noun:

• backyard
• background
• room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room) - colloquialism

noun:

• clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus, species of diurnal carnivorous monitor lizard native to South-East Asia)

noun:

• West African spadefish (Chaetodipterus lippei, species of Eastern Atlantic spadefish found from Senegal to Angola)

noun:

• something cold (esp. a body)
• something used to cool one's stomach

expression:

• blood libel; false accusation that Jews (or other minorities) murder children to obtain their blood

expression:

• you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance - pun on そうは行かぬ - humorous term

expression:

• it can't be helped; there's nothing to do about it - From Chinese "méi fǎzi" ➜ しかたがない

noun:

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

~の noun / noun:

• full of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)

expression:

• owing a lot to somebody; being indebted; never forgetting someone who has done a favour

expression / noun:

• things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

noun:

• suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

noun:

• ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)