noun:

• railgun (gun in which a conductive projectile is propelled using electromagnetic force)

noun:

• coilgun (gun in which a magnetic projectile is propelled using electromagnetic coils)

noun:

• nonenal (fatty acid responsible for a distinctive body odor in older people) ➜ 加齢臭

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• towering; lofty - archaism
• standing out without the influence of others; in splendid isolation

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

noun:

• Arcturus (star in the constellation Boötes); Alpha Bootis - Astronomy term

noun:

• signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc. - slang

noun:

• sleight of hand (e.g. in magic tricks) - From English

noun:

• dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

noun:

• degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil - obscure term ➜ 底翳

noun:

• continuous session (e.g. trading in a stock exchange); zaraba

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• blankety-blank; bleep; used in place of sensitive word (often sexually related) - sometimes also **, ○○, etc. - manga slang ➜ 伏せ字

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da") ➜ である体

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language - archaism ➜ ませんでした

noun:

• someone who withdraws from society (e.g. hides in their room); hikikomori - derogatory term - slang ➜ 引きこもり

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• high tension (as in electronics, etc.)
• excited; enthusiastic

noun:

• Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century) ➜ 清【しん】

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

expression:

• having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun:

• (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 姑洗・十二律

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)