noun:

• public sector (as opposed to private sector)

expression / noun:

• backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

• student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try ➜ 現役

noun:

• attack; offence; offense
• dominant partner of a homosexual relationship - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ タチ・受け

suffix:

• a barrage of; a flood of ➜ 質問攻め

noun / ~する noun:

• performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

adverb:

• with a crack; with a snap; with a slam - onomatopoeia
• firmly; sharply; sternly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• precisely; properly; neatly; tidily - onomatopoeia

~する noun / adverb:

• silent (as the grave); deadly silent - onomatopoeia

noun:

• plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

godan ~る verb:

• to serve; to build as commanded - polite language

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to pose as; to impersonate

noun:

• acting career; career as an actress - four character idiom

expression:

• as (one) walks on, and on

interjection:

• ready... (as in "ready, go!")

noun:

• rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)

suffix noun:

• influence - usu. negative or critical nuance
• crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

noun:

• a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men ➜ 鶏群の一鶴【けいぐんのいっかく】

expression / noun:

• a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men - idiom

adverb:

• extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing - onomatopoeia
• heartrending; touching the heart

noun:

• peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Galeorhinus (genus whose only member is the school shark, Galeorhinus galeus, in the family Triakidae)

expression:

• having said that; be that as it may

noun / ~する noun:

• beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice - From English "lynch"

noun / ~する noun:

• holding another position; serving concurrently as

noun:

• concurrent position

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb

expression:

• When in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb ➜ 郷に入っては郷に従え