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

noun:

• peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)

noun:

• short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole ➜ うだつが上がらない

noun:

• a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom

expression:

• Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea - four character idiom

noun:

• the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch - four character idiom

noun:

• taking a relaxed holiday in a rural area - From English "green tourism"

noun / ~する noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - abbreviation ➜ カウンターストップ

noun:

• in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards

noun / ~する noun:

• chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go ➜ 一気に飲む

noun:

• book of stamps (each confirming donation to a temple on a pilgrimage)

expression / noun:

• Cleopatra's nose; "a small thing with a huge influence" [figurative]

noun:

• sin of having sexual relations with a woman (for a Buddhist priest)

noun:

• partial match; matching a search term with sub-string within a field - IT term

expression / adverb / prefix:

• a lot; to a very great extent; absolutely - slang - abbreviation ➜ 半端ない

noun:

• placing a minor under protective detention; imposing a care and custody order

noun:

• reverse rape; sexual assault by a female of a male

noun:

• awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

noun:

• head (chief, director) of a section or department
• head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team ➜ 倶楽部

expression / prefix:

• to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ... - with noun+する or noun+をverb

expression:

• it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that
• on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision ➜ 勝手に

noun / adverbial noun:

• as it is; as one likes; because; as

noun:

• condition; state
• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ［ママ］ - abbreviation ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】

noun:

• nest (of boxes); nesting
• concealed information
• adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner ［入れ子］
• cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to hoax; to pull a hoax
• to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

noun / counter:

• mountain; hill
• mine (e.g. coal mine)
• heap; pile

noun:

• crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object
• climax; peak; critical point
• guess; speculation
• criminal case; crime - used by policemen, crime reporters, etc.
• mountain climbing; mountaineering
• festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) ➜ 山鉾
• wall; wall tile - Mahjong term
• temple; temple grounds - archaism

prefix noun:

• wild