noun:

• information dispersal (e.g. PR); information gathering (e.g. consultation) ➜ 広報広聴課

noun / ~する noun:

• banning (e.g. an organization); making something illegal

adjectival noun:

• abstract (e.g. art, music)

noun:

• abstract art - abbreviation ➜ アブストラクトアート
• abstract (e.g. of a paper); summary; extract

noun:

• creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")

noun / ~する noun:

• adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison); penalizing a crime

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family ➜ 所帯を持つ

noun:

• drying basket (e.g. for dishes)

noun:

• first term (e.g. of sequence); initial term - Mathematics term ➜ 項【こう】

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun / ~する noun:

• soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a bid (e.g. at an auction)

expression / noun:

• heavy traffic (e.g. to an online server); traffic spike - IT term

noun:

• burn-in (e.g. CRT display); ghosting - IT term
• seizing (e.g. bearing)

noun:

• optical drive (i.e. CD drive, DVD drive, etc.) - IT term

noun:

• result of an expansion (filename, e.g.) - IT term

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted - onomatopoeia

expression / adjective:

• (that) cannot be avoided (e.g. problem); unavoidable

suffix noun:

• -maker (e.g. ice-maker)

counter:

• ~th period (e.g. ~th class in school day)

noun:

• site (e.g. room, building) especially prepared for a meeting (event, etc.)

noun:

• Nessie (i.e. the Loch Ness monster)

noun:

• collecting bones and remains (e.g. on a battlefield)
• putting cremated remains in an urn

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to catch 'the stupid' (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)

expression:

• so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much