noun:

• cardboard tube for pouring concrete into on building sites

noun:

• license plate for registered vehicles (i.e. compact car or larger) ➜ 車両番号標

noun:

• spiderwort-dyed paper (used for making a rough sketch when dyeing)

noun:

• the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩魔・陰魔・死魔・天魔

noun:

• draft (in casting); amount of taper for molded or cast parts

noun:

• National Government Defrayment Act for Reconstruction of Disaster-Stricken Public Facilities

noun:

• festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

interjection:

• keep going; hang in there; go for it - From Chinese "jiāyóu" ➜ 頑張って

noun:

• gore; triangular piece of fabric, used for making skirts, umbrellas, etc. ➜ ゴアードスカート

noun:

• denkiburo; bath which includes an electric current, allegedly for health reasons

noun:

• housing for the elderly with home-care services provided - abbreviation ➜ サービス付き高齢者向け住宅【サービスつきこうれいしゃむけじゅうたく】

expression / noun:

• housing for the elderly with home-care services provided

expression / noun:

• Antikythera mechanism; ancient analog computer used for astronomical predictions - Astronomy term

noun:

• nursing; caring for the sick
• deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed

adverb:

• seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

noun:

• mounting for two or more guns (e.g. naval turret, tank) ➜ 単装砲

noun:

• running away from home for a very short time ➜ 家出

noun:

• A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)

noun:

• road service (for motor vehicles); roadside assitance

noun:

• comfortable low-heel shoes, suitable for nurses - From English "nurse shoes"

noun:

• paper towels (for drying one's hands) - From English "towel paper"

noun:

• wooden board used for sounding clappers (kabuki) ➜ 附け打ち・附け木

noun:

• type of woolen fabric, esp. used for overcoats

noun / ~する noun:

• negotiating for permission to film (in a specific location) ➜ ロケ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push; to press ［押す］
• to apply pressure from above; to press down ［押す・圧す］
• to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal ［押す・捺す］ ➜ 判を押す
• to affix (e.g. gold leaf) ［押す］
• to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence ［押す］
• to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress ［押す・圧す］
• to push (events along); to advance (a plan) ［押す］
• to do in spite of ...; to do even though ...; to force ［押す］
• to make sure ［押す］ ➜ 念を押す【ねんをおす】・駄目を押す【だめをおす】
• to be pressed for time ［押す］
• to advance troops; to attack ［押す］
• (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface ［押す］