noun:

• emergency braking procedure (e.g. during driver training and testing)

noun:

• goldlined spinefoot (Siganus guttatus, species of Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific rabbitfish); orange-spotted spinefoot

noun:

• cap worn by masked dancer (cap covers hair and nape and reaches to the shoulders)

noun:

• Sorbus (genus of trees and shrubs comprising whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash)

noun:

• (tools and) equipment

counter:

• counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) - honorific language

noun:

• first name

prefix:

• famous; great ➜ 名探偵

suffix:

• name ➜ コード名・学校名

noun:

• noun - part of speech tag used in dictionaries - abbreviation ➜ 名詞

noun:

• blogosphere (the world of blogs and bloggers)

noun:

• hybrid vehicle (e.g. electric and gasoline)

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

noun:

• extension phone (and its main line)

noun:

• kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)

noun:

• winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter

noun:

• three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

noun:

• (means and time spent) fighting against an illness

noun:

• young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
• clan - archaism

noun:

• long holiday (esp. Golden Week in late April and early May) ➜ ゴールデンウィーク

noun:

• cupronickel (alloy of approximately 80% copper and 20% nickel) ➜ 白銅

noun:

• blotting sheet (as a cosmetic aid for removing oils and make up); blotting paper; oil absorbing sheet; oil absorbing paper

noun:

• full interchange (an interchange that has exits and entrances in both directions)

noun:

• the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion) - from 貪欲, 瞋恚 and 愚痴 - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩・三毒

noun:

• coverall apron (esp. for cooking, cleaning, and household chores); cook's apron

noun:

• judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice
• Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office - abbreviation ➜ 弾正台

noun:

• overwhelming majority (number of parliamentary seats required in order for the ruling coalition to chair all standing committees and pass bills without the support of other parties)

noun:

• bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)