noun:

• a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)

expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

noun:

• cards with words or phrases written on them, used in Japanese karuta games ➜ 取り札

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details

noun:

• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh - abbreviation ➜ 半跏趺坐

noun:

• farrier (person who fits foot irons on horses and cows); hoof (care) specialist

noun:

• newline character (either or both of CR and LF depending on system) - IT term

noun:

• Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• lock; tuft; tassel; feathers (i.e. fringe of hair on the legs); feathering; penicil

noun:

• raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine

noun:

• fashion not created by designers but based on street styles - From English "anonymous fashion"

noun:

• hot rice served with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce on top - Food term ➜ 天かす

noun:

• playing on equal terms; having no handicap for either player - Shōgi term ➜ 平手
• being evenly matched - Shōgi term

noun:

• cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)

noun:

• fertile flower (on a flowering plant which also has infertile flowers, e.g. hydrangeas) - Botany term

noun:

• rat guard; disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.

noun:

• mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props ➜ バミる

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese) ➜ 慣用音

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be prolonged; to drag on