noun:

• protective shield (in children's games); immunity - children's language - obscure term

interjection:

• pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!

expression / noun:

• menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly - usu. as 薪水の労をとる

noun:

• marrow; pith
• centre; center; nucleus; hub
• bottom of one's heart

noun:

• meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館

expression / noun:

• mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return ➜ 倚門の望

expression / noun:

• mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return

~の noun / noun:

• reserve; spare
• treasured; valued
• (ace) up one's sleeve; trump ➜ とっておき

noun:

• emphasizing one's good qualities; presenting oneself in a favorable light - From English "self-produce" ➜ 自己演出【じこえんしゅつ】

noun:

• campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)

noun:

• paper towels (for drying one's hands) - From English "towel paper"

noun:

• baseball played without a second base (children's game)

noun:

• backwater ➜ バックウォーター
• standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
• balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉

noun:

• farting into one's hand; cupping a fart

expression:

• preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 馬の耳に念仏

noun:

• chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour
• watchdog; chaperone; watcher

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun / ~する noun:

• starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board
• making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer

noun:

• shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) ➜ 噴水効果

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

noun:

• turnover (of possession) - Sports term
• (metabolic) turnover
• egg cooked on both sides; eggs over easy - From English
• number of strokes in a set time or distance (swimming) - Sports term

noun:

• metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar
• iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

noun:

• station melody; departure melody; melody sounded on a station platform just before the doors of a train are closed

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool ➜ 粋がる