noun:

• private account (esp. on Twitter); account on a social networking service that can only be viewed by approved followers - slang ➜ 垢

expression / ~の noun:

• (not) so much; (not) that much - usu. before a verb in negative form

noun:

• stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

noun:

• Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini ➜ ペポ南瓜【ペポカボチャ】

noun:

• green mandarin; mandarin variety that can be eaten while the skin is green

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

expression:

• blood libel; false accusation that Jews (or other minorities) murder children to obtain their blood

noun:

• Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament

noun:

• stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 炒め煮

noun:

• karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines

expression:

• this means; that is to say ➜ と言うのは

~の noun / ~する noun:

• epiphytic; designating a non-parasitic plant that grows on other plants ➜ 着生植物

noun:

• losing move (go, shogi); move that costs one the game ➜ 勝着

noun:

• strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose

noun:

• daily life noise; (excessive) noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

noun:

• clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet

noun:

• proper map; map such that the inverse image of a compact set is compact - Mathematics term

expression:

• I have to do something; that's something I have to do - dial. phrase popularized by Miyazaki mayor Hideo Higashikokubaru in 2007 ➜ どうにかして

noun:

• broken windows theory; criminological theory stating that serious crime can be prevented by maintaining the good physical condition of an urban environment

noun:

• late spring; spring that comes late - archaism

noun:

• face sheet (top copy); questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile

noun:

• little Kyoto; nick-name for towns that resemble Kyoto

noun / ~する noun:

• performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written - four character idiom
• doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
• put-up job; charade
• sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language