noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover - abbreviation ➜ ジャケット買い【ジャケットがい】

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 推しメンバー【おしメンバー】

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc.

expression / adjective:

• to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole; total - colloquialism

expression:

• there's no such thing as a free lunch

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 降り【おり】

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:

• dot; point; mark
• tip; gratuity ［ぽち］ - Kansai dialect

suffix:

• a little; paltry; piddling; mere ［ぽち］ - often as っぽち ➜ ぽっち

expression / noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

noun:

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

noun:

• person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku ➜ 介錯
• assistant; helper

noun:

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to reach a situation about which nothing can be done

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)

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

~の noun / noun:

• by order (of a superior); as instructed; official (e.g. notification)

noun:

• action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

noun:

• festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• broadcast marathon; transmitting sequential episodes of a radio or television series

noun:

• staff at a horse changing station during the ritsuryo period - archaism