noun:

• katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice ➜ カツ

noun:

• chocolate-coated ice cream on a stick
• Smack (soft drink)
• smack; heroin
• sumac - Food term

noun:

• human document; personal documentary; documentary on someone's life

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• angrily; in a huff; in anger - onomatopoeia
• high on marijuana - onomatopoeia
• tender (to chew) ［プリプリ・ぷりぷり］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• thick illustrated publication on a single topic printed to look like a magazine - from "magazine" and "book" - From English "mook"

expression:

• knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen! - spoken to ward off misfortune

noun / ~する noun:

• stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

noun / ~する noun:

• accretion of snow (on power lines, tree branches, etc.); snow sticking to surfaces

noun:

• right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart) - four character idiom

noun:

• emotional effect on pet owners from losing their pet - From English "pet loss"

noun:

• Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food - Economics term

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flickering; flashing on and off; twinkling; glittering - onomatopoeia
• glaringly (bright); painfully (bright) - onomatopoeia
• prickling (pain) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• type of ribbon fastening used on wedding gifts, get-well gifts, etc.

noun:

• nursing care level (between 1 and 5 based on assessment of care requirements) ➜ 要介護

noun:

• medical checkup that focuses primarily on problems that worsen with age

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

noun:

• Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myoujin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)

noun:

• accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex) - From French
• accent (on a syllable, word); stress ➜ アクセント

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

noun:

• sliding or moving along a smooth surface with continuous contact on that surface

expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

noun:

• small mochi placed on top of a big mochi
• two things heaped together

noun / ~する noun:

• putting a name (self, company, etc.) on something (e.g. engraving, printing, etc.)

noun:

• emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning); urgent information on volcanic activity