noun:

• lens-barrel; lens tube (e.g. of a telescope)

noun:

• (gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar) ➜ ホモバー

noun:

• cotyledon; seed leaf (i.e. the first leaves to emerge when a seed sprouts)

noun / ~する noun:

• restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)

ichidan verb:

• to bend; to train (e.g. a branch)

ichidan verb:

• to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

noun / ~する noun:

• pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent)

noun:

• (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack

noun:

• overlap width; margin for pasting together (e.g. two pieces of paper)
• elbowroom; leeway; room; margin; allowance; latitude

noun:

• clam sauce pasta; vongole (e.g. spaghetti alle vongole) - From Italian "vongole"

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• specific difference; difference between species (i.e. logical species, biological species, etc.)

noun:

• behind; trailing in points (e.g. in sports)

noun:

• lowest ranking; worst (e.g. in a test) ➜ びり

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag)
• to wedge into a space
• to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit)
• to pull (a joke); to say or do (something stupid); to try (a bluff)

noun:

• lending-period; period of loan (e.g. for a library book)

noun:

• shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built

noun:

• key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument) ➜ 捉えどころのない

expression / adjective:

• cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing) - usu. in the form 〜するに忍びない ➜ 忍ぶ

noun:

• polydipsia; excessive thirst (e.g. with diabetes)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

noun:

• "090" financing; loan sharks operating from a cellphone (i.e. without a fixed phone number)

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky)
• to lack common sense
• to be extremely surprised (by) - colloquialism

noun / ~の noun:

• embolus; abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood

noun:

• Reaganomics; economic policies of Ronald Reagan (i.e. reduction of taxes, spending, and market regulation)

godan ~く verb:

• to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)