expression / noun:

• difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

noun:

• high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be in a (plaster) cast ➜ 嵌める【はめる】

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun:

• Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP

noun:

• cigarette lighter socket (in an automobile)

noun:

• techno-park; technopark; area of high-tech companies, esp. in information technology

expression:

• idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances - Buddhism term ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

noun:

• ball not bouncing (e.g. in a catch) - Baseball term - From English "no bound"

noun:

• deadline (esp. in the entertainment industry); fixed ending time - colloquialism

expression:

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

expression / noun:

• couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship

noun / ~する noun:

• preservation of obsolete machinery in a functional condition (e.g. train engines) ➜ 静態保存

noun:

• friends who sleep next to each other (without engaging in sexual activities) - abbreviation ➜ 添い寝フレンド

noun:

• voice chat (e.g. in a video game)

noun:

• merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period ➜ 文化文政時代

noun:

• verbal command (in dog training) ➜ 視符
• sound part of a semasio-phonetic kanji ➜ 形声文字【けいせいもじ】

noun:

• Bopomofo; Zhuyin fuhao; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan

noun:

• large regional newspaper (usu. sold in more than one prefecture)

noun:

• baby colic (in infants around 3 months old)

noun:

• sun symbol (e.g. in a weather forecast)

noun:

• shitpost; worthless post or thread in an Internet forum - slang ➜ スレ

noun:

• peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
• to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount ➜ 載る【のる】
• to reach; to go over; to pass
• to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.)
• to take part; to participate; to join
• to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.)
• to be deceived; to be taken in
• to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る
• to stick; to attach; to take; to go on - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る