expression / adverb:

• nowadays; in this day and age

noun:

• non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space

~の noun / noun:

• freemium; offering both free and premium content in the same product (esp. in online gaming)

noun:

• Eusphyra; genus of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae whose sole member is the winghead shark

noun / ~の noun:

• advance payment; money paid in advance

noun:

• geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living - obscure term ➜ 歌妓

noun:

• scooping loaches; catching loach in a net
• loach-catching dance

noun:

• standard printed form (of kanji); any of 1,022 non-joyo kanji commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes

expression:

• small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

noun:

• type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter - Food term ➜ 素麺【そうめん】

expression / ~の noun:

• according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation

noun:

• reader model; amateur model who appears in fashion magazines - abbreviation ➜ 読者モデル

adjectival noun:

• seeming to be with certain circumstances; seeming to be for a certain reason - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• single-entry (bookkeeping); voting for one person only

expression:

• midsummer greetings; to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season - humble language ➜ 暑中お見舞い

noun / ~する noun:

• committing suicide (to remonstrate or dissuade one's lord); preparing to die in an effort to dissuade one's lord

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.)

noun:

• solitary non-employed person; non-employed person aged 20-59, not married or engaged in study who has no social interactions with anybody outside their family - From English

expression:

• necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a burden; to make trouble for someone

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

noun:

• being on stage without respite; going out or being in attendance continuously

noun:

• inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono

noun:

• checkmark; mark in the shape of the katakana "re"