noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• instant noodles (sold in a soft plastic packaging, as opposed to cup noodles) ➜ カップ麺

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】

noun:

• wedge marks in stone (usu. remaining from stone-splitting, now used for visual effect) - obscure term ➜ 矢【や】

noun:

• pictures painted on tiles
• mural on tiled wall (esp. in public baths)

noun:

• carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who take the initiative in relationships with men ➜ 草食系男子【そうしょくけいだんし】

noun:

• carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who take the initiative in relationships with men ➜ 肉食系女子【にくしょくけいじょし】

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• hanakkori (Brassica napus cv. Hanakkori); hybrid of choy sum and broccoli invented in Yamaguchi prefecture

expression / noun:

• leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart - IT term

noun:

• Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

noun:

• the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors

expression:

• hand in hand

noun:

• picture-in-picture - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• execution; carrying out; performance; enforcement; exercise; service ［しっこう・しゅぎょう］

noun:

• lead monk performing various tasks in a temple - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• changing household registry; transfer (e.g. of one's name in the register)
• transferring to a different team - Sports term

noun:

• last moment; eleventh hour - idiom
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period - orig. meaning

noun:

• scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
• serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

noun / suffix noun:

• training; education; upbringing

noun:

• stocking up; laying in
• preparation (e.g. ingredients)
• girl studying to become a geisha

adjectival noun / noun:

• thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd; undignified; compromising; disgraceful

adverb:

• in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly; on the whole; by and large

noun:

• gist; point; main idea

expression / noun:

• by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment - four character idiom

noun:

• double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict; duplicity; turncoat - four character idiom

noun:

• type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection