noun:

• pressure suppression (e.g. pool, container in a nuclear power plant)

noun:

• self-introduction (of a character in noh theatre) ➜ 名乗り

noun / ~する noun:

• coming from far away to participate in a game, war, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• falling from bicycle, motorcycle, etc. while driving (esp. in a race)

noun:

• sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute); actual sex (in movies, etc.) - slang ➜ 本番【ほんばん】

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.) ➜ 独歩高【どっぽだか】

noun:

• saddening (dye); agent used in dyeing to darken a colour
• blanching - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• pickling; soaking a metal in an acidic solution to remove impurities

noun:

• being entered in a new family register (through adoption, marriage, etc.) - obsolete term - Law term

noun:

• instant yakisoba in a cup ➜ カップ麺【カップめん】・焼きそば【やきそば】

noun:

• soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
• rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン

expression / adverb:

• before one could; in no time at all; without a gap - usu. after plain verb

noun / ~する noun:

• sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in - Food term ➜ 揉む【もむ】

expression:

• confirmed as completed - often at end of document ➜ 完【かん】・以上【いじょう】
• everything must go (e.g. in a sale) - abbreviation ➜ 完全完売【かんぜんかんばい】

noun:

• drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting

noun:

• table d'hôte; set meal (usu. in a hotel) - From French ➜ アラカルト

adverb:

• seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

noun / ~する noun:

• negotiating for permission to film (in a specific location) ➜ ロケ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside
• to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to develop (e.g. one's skills)
• to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

noun:

• circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
• (computer) peripheral - IT term

noun:

• the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning") ［序の口］
• lowest division in sumo - Sumo term

noun:

• individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article
• single item out of a set; one item from a set

noun / ~する noun:

• photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 写メール
• email from mobile phones with attached photos - abbreviation ➜ 写メール