noun:

• boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes
• hairstyle inspired by such a doll (esp. for female children) (Edo period)

noun:

• dispel (esp. magic or potion used to return one's character to normal status in an RPG, etc.)

noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

noun / ~する noun:

• make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom

noun:

• intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

noun / ~の noun:

• those (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener, or something understood without naming it directly) ➜ 彼【あれ】
• they (of people) - used to refer to one's equals or inferiors - archaism

noun:

• Chiloscyllium (genus of carpet sharks or bamboo sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with long snouts and subterminal nostrils)

noun:

• sailing windward
• land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns) - obsolete term ➜ 村

noun:

• small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang ➜ 大屋根

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】・ピー柿【ピーかき】

noun:

• short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)

noun:

• obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb / prefix noun:

• occurring frequently; being susceptible; age, body part, group of people, etc. in which a disease or condition occurs especially frequently - Medicine term

noun:

• heddle; heald; part of a loom, a wire or cord with an eye, through which the warp threads are threaded

noun:

• taking multiple medications; taking medicine and certain foods together or in close proximity (which should be avoided)

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards - Ōsaka dialect ➜ めんこ

noun / prefix noun:

• fried seafood or vegetables in general; deep-frying

noun:

• fly ball - Baseball term
• fly (esp. in fishing bait)
• flying

noun:

• ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature
• ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

noun:

• lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• without hesitation; with great optimism; vigorously; with great vigor; positively - onomatopoeia
• (pushing or pulling) strongly - onomatopoeia
• (drinking) heavily - onomatopoeia

noun:

• near pin (golf); closest to pin (flagstick)
• close (closest) answer or figure

noun:

• marks or dots used to emphasize text passage (emphasise)
• marks to facilitate reading of kanbun

noun:

• working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

noun:

• immunity from arrest (i.e. of Diet members or foreign diplomats); diplomatic immunity; parliamentary immunity; legislative immunity