noun:

• loco moco; Hawaiian dish, trad. white rice topped with hamburger patty, fried egg and brown gravy - Food term

noun:

• young woman who takes walks, etc. with male clients for a charge - From English "stick girl"

expression:

• having been told something so often that one is fed up with it - abbreviation - idiom - colloquialism ➜ 耳に胼胝ができる【みみにたこができる】

noun:

• karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading ➜ カルタ・読み札・取り札

noun:

• bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with white stalks); pak choi; Chinese cabbage - From Chinese ➜ チンゲンサイ

noun / ~する noun:

• writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition ➜ 作文【さくもん】
• formal writing with little real meaning

noun:

• large building; building with a long roof

suffix / counter:

• counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

noun:

• Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character)

adverb:

• surely; upon my word; by Jove
• (with neg) by no means; never

noun:

• shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce - from the sound of this dish being prepared - onomatopoeia - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

noun:

• shochu highball; cocktail of shochu with tonic water - abbreviation ➜ 焼酎ハイボール

adverb:

• anybody and everybody; with the best of them; as the next fellow - adv equivalent of 誰も ➜ 誰も

noun / ~の noun:

• Siberia

noun:

• cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

noun:

• ice water ［こおりみず・ひみず］
• shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup) ［こおりみず・こおりすい］ ➜ かき氷

noun:

• office romance; workplace romance; love affair with colleague - From English "office love"

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan

noun:

• former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record

noun:

• corporal punishment; physical punishment
• prison sentence; penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labour

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to compare unfavorably (unfavourably, poorly) with; to be not so good as

noun:

• "dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed

noun:

• traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back ➜ 島田髷

expression / godan ~む verb:

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

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

expression / godan ~す verb:

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