expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get ripped off for every last penny - idiom

noun:

• being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets)
• going in one ear and out the other

noun:

• one of the accent patterns of Japanese words, with a rising and then falling pitch

noun:

• Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes) ➜ ゼノンの逆説

noun:

• moon
• Tsukuyomi (god of the moon in Shinto and mythology)

noun:

• hakama for women (esp. hakama worn by female students and teachers in the Meiji period) - archaism

noun:

• festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce ➜ 恵比寿【えびす】

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism

noun:

• Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth; flag of the Republic of China

~の noun / noun:

• freemium; offering both free and premium content in the same product (esp. in online gaming)

noun:

• exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first

noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

noun:

• written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)
• a text written entirely in kana
• graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries)
• notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.)
• rough draft

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to blend (e.g. truth and lies); to mix together (e.g. kanji and kana)

noun:

• place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)

noun / ~する noun:

• incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)

noun:

• historical system whereby the Hida region provided 10 carpenters per village the central government in place of taxes

noun:

• "winner" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the most) - slang ➜ 割り勘負け

noun:

• "loser" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the least) - slang ➜ 割り勘勝ち

noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

noun:

• regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court) - archaism
• Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• Pseudotriakis (genus of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae whose sole member is the false catshark)

noun:

• Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks in the family Triakidae); from the Latin mustela meaning weasel