noun:

• manner of speaking
• verbal argument
• objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee)
• rumor; rumour

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

expression / interjection:

• time in - said by a referee at the end of a time out - Sports term - From English "no time" ➜ タイム

expression:

• making a move immediately in a timed game (shogi, go, etc.)

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

noun:

• scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage ➜ 男旱【おとこひでり】

noun:

• stringing a bow; person who strings bows
• crescent moon - abbreviation ➜ 弓張り月
• paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle - abbreviation ➜ 弓張り提灯

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) ➜ 任せる・任せる

noun:

• scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage ➜ 女ひでり【おんなひでり】

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

~する noun:

• swat - to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (as a bat or flyswatter)

noun:

• down-line loading; sending data from a central node to a remote node - obsolete term - IT term

expression:

• zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb

expression / adjectival noun:

• to be as busy as a bee; like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one - idiom

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts - abbreviation ➜ 卒業制作

noun:

• lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

expression / noun:

• point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current) ➜ 潮目
• attractive glance - archaism

noun:

• return slot (for coins in a vending machine); drop-off point (for dirty dishes at a restaurant)

noun:

• tufted toothpick; Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft

noun:

• downshift; changing from upper to lower case letters
• downshifting; living a simpler life
• downshifting (on a vehicle) - rare term ➜ シフトダウン

noun:

• (a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing a figure; drawing a diagram
• construction - Mathematics term

~の noun:

• with a fixed time; with a deadline

pre-noun adjectival:

• not a little; not a few; considerable ➜ 少なからず

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to challenge (a person) to a fight