noun:

• flower or branch fastened in the hair ➜ 挿頭

noun:

• store that sells remaindered book or magazines ➜ 殺屋

expression:

• willy-nilly; whether willing or not ➜ 否が応でも

proper noun:

• faithful dog Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
• to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)

noun:

• individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article
• single item out of a set; one item from a set

noun / ~する noun:

• photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 写メール
• email from mobile phones with attached photos - abbreviation ➜ 写メール

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
• to flap (in the wind)
• to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
• to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
• to take a photo from a low angle ➜ 煽り【あおり】
• to tailgate ➜ 煽り【あおり】

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• white heat; incandescence
• becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax

noun / ~する noun:

• accepting a challenge; returning fire; fighting back; putting up a fight; responding to an attack

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate - four character idiom

noun:

• Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

noun:

• services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire - four character idiom

noun:

• scooter with a compartment under the seat to hold a helmet - From English "(hel)met in" ➜ メット

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• sweetie (sweet green-skinned citrus; cross between a grapefruit and a pomelo); oroblanco

noun:

• skipping grades; the act of entering a new school as a non-first-year student

noun:

• underboob; bottom of a woman's breasts (visible when wearing a short top) - slang ➜ オッパイ

expression:

• owing a lot to somebody; being indebted; never forgetting someone who has done a favour

noun:

• picture painted with oil paint (esp. a landscape mural in a public bath)

noun:

• business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers - From English

adverb:

• after all; in the end; when all's said and done
• for the time being; at present