adjectival noun:

• local; localized (as in pain or anesthesia); regional

noun:

• light spot (e.g. blip on radar); always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD screens, etc.); calescence point

noun:

• cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk

noun:

• being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate - colloquialism

noun:

• attacking each other; capturing race (e.g. in go); mutual attack

noun:

• atrium; well (in building); vault ➜ 階段の吹き抜け

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• blow-by; blow-bye; blowout

~の noun:

• drafty; draughty

noun:

• (Japanese) feature phone; traditional Japanese-style cell phone (in contrast to smart phones); "Galapagos" cell phone (Japanese brand) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ ガラパゴス化

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to - idiom

noun:

• practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language

noun:

• turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point ➜ 折り返し点【おりかえしてん】

noun:

• partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)

noun:

• championship; defense (e.g. of a position in debate); apologetics

noun:

• cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism

noun:

• break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

noun:

• sanitary waste receptacle; sanitary napkin disposal bin (in a bathroom); fecal specimen receptacle (at a hospital)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot
• to skip over; to leave out; to omit; to drop (e.g. a stitch)
• to run fast; to drive fast; to gallop
• to spray; to splash; to spatter
• to say without reservation; to call out (e.g. a jeer); to rattle of (e.g. a joke)
• to spread (e.g. a rumour); to circulate; to send out (a message); to issue (e.g. an appeal)
• to transfer (to a less important post); to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch); to demote
• to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter)
• to get rid of; to burn off (alcohol)
• to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre)

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

• to do vigorously; to do roughly; to do energetically

noun / ~する noun:

• attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work; reporting for work ➜ 退勤

adjectival noun / noun:

• thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); deep (colour); strong (smell, scent)
• crowded

noun:

• flagwaving; flagman; (in athletic competition) starter; instigator; leader

noun:

• clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker - four character idiom

noun:

• racket; paddle (in table-tennis)

noun:

• adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese) - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something)
• drinking one's glass dry

interjection:

• cheers

noun / ~する noun:

• self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

noun:

• decision of a contest; finals (in sports)