noun:

• MIPS (million instructions per second) - IT term

noun:

• price-earnings ratio; PER

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at ➜ 睨む
• to stare intensely at; to examine carefully ➜ 睨む

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

noun:

• read-write basis - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / transitive:

• closing down a course or a program (school, etc.)

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• end of a course or program (school, etc.)

expression:

• in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

expression:

• Everything depends on how you look at it - idiom

noun:

• gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day

noun:

• dash at the beginning of a short-distance race - From English "start dash"
• charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

noun:

• master (of a house, shop, etc.)
• husband (informal)
• sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status
• patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy ➜ パトロン
• alms; almsgiving; almsgiver - orig. meaning; usu. written as 檀那 - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "dāna" ➜ 檀越・檀家

noun:

• crying or singing (of bird, etc.) at night

noun:

• kanji "three" or "hair ornament" radical at right

noun:

• cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum

noun:

• a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to explain or describe a situation or matter in greatest details

noun:

• moustache; beard; whiskers - in careful usage 髭 for moustache, 鬚 for beard, 髯 for (cheek) whiskers ➜ 口髭・顎鬚・頬髯
• whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft
• extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

expression:

• it's not a problem; it's not a big deal; (person or thing) can be easily beaten or bettered (by one) ➜ 目じゃない

noun:

• turnover (of possession) - Sports term
• (metabolic) turnover
• egg cooked on both sides; eggs over easy - From English
• number of strokes in a set time or distance (swimming) - Sports term

noun / ~の noun:

• aboard a vehicle; in a car; on a train

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
• to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
• to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
• to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
• to be satisfying - often as 冴えない ➜ 冴えない
• to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned