noun:

• drudge; grind; swot; someone who studies too much

noun / ~する noun:

• cram-study (for exam, etc.); swotting

noun:

• non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)

noun:

• dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing); races with such boats - From Chinese

noun:

• Romancecar; Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo

noun:

• popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language
• adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing

noun / ~する noun:

• transliteration ➜ 音写
• phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters
• reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)

noun:

• light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use)
• shroud; burial clothes - abbreviation ➜ 経帷子

noun:

• carpenter's square (for checking angles)
• common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)

noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens ➜ 添水

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun:

• Promide (product name for bromides released by Marubell); bromide (publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.) ➜ ブロマイド

noun:

• link banner (graphic or logo provided for use in linking to web site) - IT term

noun:

• costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.) ➜ キャラ・緩い

noun:

• cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping - idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• hanging; dangling

noun:

• demanding again what one has already obtained; coaxing out of someone for a second time - obscure term ➜ 強請り

expression:

• we are innocent until proven guilty; suspicion alone is not grounds for punishment; in dubio pro reo - proverb

expression:

• I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice

expression:

• thanks for uploading; expression of gratitude used primarily on video-sharing websites (esp. Niconico) - from うｐ (upload) and 乙 (お疲れ様) - slang ➜ 乙

noun:

• first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move
• forestalling; (seizing the) initiative ➜ 後手

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to miss one's footing
• to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to misplace; to put in the wrong place
• to make a mistake in deciding the winner - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again

expression:

• (villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole [literal] - idiom

expression:

• what the hell; what the fuck; what are you going on about; you've got to be kidding - Kansai dialect

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year