noun:

• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term ➜ 付出し

noun:

• economy class syndrome (occurrence of deep vein thrombosis in air travelers) ➜ 深部静脈血栓症【しんぶじょうみゃくけっせんしょう】

noun:

• sprouting; budding

noun / interjection:

• crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation - also written 萌ゑ - slang

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (providing) covering fire - four character idiom
• supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)

noun:

• winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season - four character idiom

noun:

• extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night) - four character idiom

noun:

• safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

noun:

• sudoku; number puzzle in which digits may only occur once per block - from 数字は独身に限る

~の noun:

• bilingual; in two languages

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

expression:

• bearing no comparison with; not to be mentioned in the same breath as

noun:

• teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)

noun:

• cheese with holes in it (e.g. Swiss, Emmenthal)

noun:

• drink; drinking - abbreviation
• spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.)
• stock market bucketing
• bookmaking

noun:

• candidates (in an election) who have won or are projected to be elected - from 当選及び当選確実

noun:

• crushed sesame seeds boiled in water and chilled like tofu

noun:

• soup of soumen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth

noun:

• 33 sacred places in the Kanto Region (which was previously known as Bandou) ➜ 三十三所

noun:

• literary form imparting a formal written nuance (with sentences ending in "de aru") ➜ だ体

expression / ~する noun:

• passing (e.g. in football) without looking - From English "no look pass"

noun:

• Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)

noun:

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