noun:

• external character; user-defined character; character not included in the JIS character set - IT term
• kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō list ➜ 常用漢字・人名用漢字
• foreign letters (esp. of a western language); foreign writing

godan ~る verb:

• to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• embedding; implantation; built-in

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to happen to be available; to have on hand; to have in stock ➜ あり合わせる

noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

adverb:

• earlier than usual; ahead of time; in good season

expression:

• by mere chance; by some chance; somehow or other; in some way

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• formal; orthodox; in earnest

expression:

• might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong - proverb

noun:

• carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who take the initiative in relationships with men ➜ 肉食系女子【にくしょくけいじょし】

noun:

• capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment

noun:

• automatic teller machine; ATM; flexi-teller; hole-in-the-wall - From English "cash-service corner"

expression:

• ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

noun / adjectival noun:

• great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

noun:

• very bad condition; awful state; terrible situation; in the shit - usu. as どつぼにはまる ➜ どつぼにはまる
• night-soil reservoir dug in a field ➜ 野壺【のつぼ】
• night-soil pot - orig. meaning
• earthenware vessel; earthen urn - obscure term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

noun:

• incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream ➜ 夢魔【むま】

expression:

• prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling [literal] - proverb

noun:

• limited liability company; LLC; GK; company structure for small businesses, established in 2005

expression / noun:

• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ➜ 原文のまま【げんぶんのまま】

noun:

• gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities - four character idiom

noun:

• tamago dofu; tamago-dofu; steamed egg custard with soup stock, cooked in a square mould

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do something ridiculous; to do something bizarre; to boil tea in one's navel [literal] - idiom

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself - four character idiom