noun:

• Tilapia (large genus of cichlid fish in the Cichlidae family endemic to Africa and the Middle East)

expression / noun:

• age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)

noun:

• hostess bar recruiters, etc. dressed in black suits - colloquialism
• young delinquents wearing black at Aomori's Nebuta festival - colloquialism ➜ ねぶた

noun:

• eta (Edo period) ➜ 穢多
• administrator of a temple - Buddhism term ➜ 座主・別当・検校
• low-ranking government official with a comparatively high salary (in medieval China) - archaism

noun:

• territory of a stall vendor
• spot on a farm where the harvest would be put in order (Edo period) - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on
• to bear (guilt, etc.)

noun:

• bout (in sports, etc.); match - oft. 取組 when in ref. to sumo
• effort; initiative; dealing with; grappling with; wrestling with

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring; looking the other way; letting pass - colloquialism - From English "through"
• passing through; going through

noun:

• ball hit through net (in tennis) - Sports term

expression / noun:

• clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships ➜ 口説き文句【くどきもんく】

noun / ~する noun:

• addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging
• making do; getting by; managing ➜ 抜き差しならない・抜き差しならぬ

noun:

• binding particle (i.e. specifying an expression later in the sentence); linking particle; connecting particle - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

noun:

• rock monitor (Varanus albigularis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in southern Africa); legavaan; white-throated monitor

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to wash one's hair or body; to bathe in water - archaism
• to receive (a favor, blessing, benefit) - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to soak; to seep; to dip in
• to pickle ［漬ける］

noun:

• prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

noun:

• beginning of the year; early in the New Year

adverb:

• at one time; all at once; in one sitting

noun:

• lump-sum payment; paying in a lump sum

adverb:

• in case of; at that time; at this time

expression / noun:

• the Fall of Man (in Christian theology); the Fall

noun:

• maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

noun:

• capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment