noun / ~の noun:

• only one (person, thing); sole; unique

~の noun:

• highest; best; most outstanding
• custom-made

noun:

• miler; competitor in one-mile races
• person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. - From English "miler"

expression:

• having been told something so often that one is fed up with it - abbreviation - idiom - colloquialism ➜ 耳に胼胝ができる【みみにたこができる】

suffix noun:

• superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ➜ 裸足【はだし】

noun:

• ignoring (one thing) for (another) ➜ 其方退け【そっちのけ】

noun / ~する noun:

• expression in writing; written representation; notation; transcription; orthography
• writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

adjectival noun:

• blunt (e.g. sword); dull
• lazy; cowardly; good for nothing

noun:

• woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt) ➜ 腰巻き
• single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath) ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ

noun:

• home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call

noun:

• soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish) - polite language - Food term ➜ 雑煮【ぞうに】

noun:

• catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve

noun:

• radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds - slang

noun:

• Obamacare; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (U.S. statute, 2010)

noun:

• chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability
• the entertainment, eating, and drinking business
• the night entertainment (nightlife) business

noun:

• concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent - Mahjong term
• no-risk choice; easily handled person - idiom

noun:

• safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 安全牌
• no-risk choice; easily handled person - abbreviation - idiom ➜ 安全牌

noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey ➜ 煙管乗車

noun:

• Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs - しーしー and しし are col. ➜ 獅子

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

expression:

• while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

conjunction:

• while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

noun:

• policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby - four character idiom

noun:

• eating live seafood (e.g. ice gobies, shrimp) while still moving - Food term

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう