noun:

• mid-sized store
• middle-class brothel (in a red-light district)

noun:

• pressure suppression (e.g. pool, container in a nuclear power plant)

noun / ~する noun:

• coming from far away to participate in a game, war, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• falling from bicycle, motorcycle, etc. while driving (esp. in a race)

noun:

• sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute); actual sex (in movies, etc.) - slang ➜ 本番【ほんばん】

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.) ➜ 独歩高【どっぽだか】

noun:

• saddening (dye); agent used in dyeing to darken a colour
• blanching - Food term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make a mistake (e.g. in choosing one's melds) - colloquialism - Mahjong term ➜ 裏目【うらめ】

noun / ~する noun:

• pickling; soaking a metal in an acidic solution to remove impurities

noun:

• being entered in a new family register (through adoption, marriage, etc.) - obsolete term - Law term

noun:

• instant yakisoba in a cup ➜ カップ麺【カップめん】・焼きそば【やきそば】

noun:

• soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
• rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン

expression / adverb:

• before one could; in no time at all; without a gap - usu. after plain verb

noun / ~する noun:

• sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in - Food term ➜ 揉む【もむ】

expression:

• confirmed as completed - often at end of document ➜ 完【かん】・以上【いじょう】
• everything must go (e.g. in a sale) - abbreviation ➜ 完全完売【かんぜんかんばい】

noun:

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

noun:

• drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting

noun:

• table d'hôte; set meal (usu. in a hotel) - From French ➜ アラカルト

adverb:

• seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

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 / ~する noun:

• negotiating for permission to film (in a specific location) ➜ ロケ

noun:

• half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

noun / ~する noun:

• descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany
• arrival (of an important person); appearance