noun:

• light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter - four character idiom

noun:

• slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute) - four character idiom

noun:

• (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election) - four character idiom

noun:

• ridges on a blade (sword, knife, etc.)
• ridged pattern in building

noun:

• spelling mistake (usually in a foreign language) - From English "spell miss"

noun:

• cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
• cheater (esp. in a video game)

noun:

• request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session ➜ 不逮捕特権

adverb / ~と adverb:

• in a drenched manner; moistly - onomatopoeia
• affectionately; fondly; tenderly - onomatopoeia
• slowly; at ease; restful - onomatopoeia

noun:

• (of clerical script) horizontal lines ending in a noticeable triangular tail ➜ 八分【はっぷん】

noun:

• off topic (e.g. in a web forum) - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ スレッド・スレ違い

expression / adjective:

• difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying ➜ 辛い【づらい】

noun:

• business, conference, etc. facility in a park - From English "park center"

noun:

• migratory bird that arrives in autumn (unknown species; perhaps a wagtail) - archaism ➜ 鶺鴒

noun:

• collision; overlapping (e.g. of two objects in a video game)

expression:

• Rome was not built in a day - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• brushing

noun:

• blushing (blotchiness or milkiness in paint applied to a surface)

noun:

• best man; groomsman; bridesmaid
• second (e.g. in a duel)

noun / ~する noun:

• jumping along in a squatting position; bunny-hopping

noun:

• place in a TV program; television spot

noun:

• one scene (e.g. in a movie)

noun:

• fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume ➜ 素麺

expression:

• in any way; to some extent; even if only a little

noun / ~の noun:

• frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism
• first-time guest in a red-light district

noun:

• ghost image; unexpected appearance of something unwanted in a photograph, etc.

noun:

• mid-sized store
• middle-class brothel (in a red-light district)