noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

noun:

• feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom

noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of
• to lead by the hand

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

noun:

• ringtone; ring tone
• ringback tone; ringing tone

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot (fig. only); to start a conversation

noun:

• Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration) ➜ ポツダム宣言

noun:

• selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market

expression:

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

noun:

• mountain stream; the water of a mountain stream

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to look at; to gaze at; to watch; to stare at
• to look out over; to get a view of; to admire (e.g. the scenery)
• to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch; to observe

noun:

• leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough) ➜ 引き波

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation)
• to break into the lead; to get ahead
• to begin to fall out (e.g. hair)
• to break out (of a loop) - IT term

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to look out on; to overlook; to front onto
• to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by
• to deal with (an issue)
• to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to take part in

noun:

• 8 am; the fifth hour; the Hour of the Dragon

noun:

• reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead

noun:

• middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to break; to be smashed
• to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn
• to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party)
• to come to light; to become clear; to be identified; to be revealed
• to be distorted (of a sound)
• to be divisible (without a remainder)
• to go below a minimum

noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game

noun:

• available to promise (i.e. a product is in stock and can be promised to a buyer); ATP

noun:

• noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess