noun:

• a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some - From English "plus alpha"

noun:

• ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up - poss. also from ガンガン黒い ➜ ギャル

noun / ~する noun:

• soaking fabric in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam
• blanching (food); parboiling food

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to accept an offer; to be charmed by someone's kind words and do as he wishes

noun:

• living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it

noun:

• smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• official during the ritsuryo period who was allowed to use the state-provided stables and horses - archaism

noun:

• property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it ➜ 特別地方公共団体【とくべつちほうこうきょうだんたい】

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 特定アジア

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• crow dipper (Pinellia tuber) ➜ カラスビシャク
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day - abbreviation ➜ 半夏生

noun:

• head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
• owner; proprietor; proprietress
• subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
• guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
• husband

pronoun:

• you - familiar language ➜ おぬし

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to bark
• to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of ［はぐ］

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun:

• light Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants ➜ 惣菜【そうざい】

noun:

• official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation) - Sumo term ➜ 年寄

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• work, items, etc. carried over from earlier - colloquialism ➜ 持ち越す

noun / ~する noun:

• hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

noun:

• cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit - onomatopoeia
• irritatedly; impatiently - onomatopoeia
• scorchingly (of the sun) - onomatopoeia
• sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil) - onomatopoeia
• sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc. - onomatopoeia
• oozing out (oil, sweat, etc.); seeping out - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)

expression:

• there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other