noun:

• collision; overlapping (e.g. of two objects in a video game)

noun:

• Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August) ➜ 盂蘭盆

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be different and distinct; to be (relatively) distinct (when referring to items in a set) - Mathematics term ➜ 異なる

noun:

• Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey (species found in the Northwest Pacific)

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

noun:

• tidal flat; ebb tide beach (esp. in spring)

noun:

• closing the legs; keeping the legs together (in gymnastics) Antonym: 開脚【かいきゃく】

expression:

• love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples [literal] - proverb

noun:

• landline phone; fixed phone (in contrast to mobile) - abbreviation ➜ 固定電話

noun:

• lined hogfish (Bodianus leucosticticus); Bodianus rubrisos (declared separate species from B. leucosticticus in 2006)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)

noun:

• moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics) - four character idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)

noun:

• radio equipment; facility that can transmit radio waves (as defined in Japan's radio law)

noun:

• medicine man; witch doctor (doctor specialized in treating illnesses caused by magic)

noun:

• red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)

noun:

• constriction; narrow part (in middle)
• waist (esp. of a woman) ➜ 胴のくびれ

noun:

• performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)

noun:

• Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)

noun:

• caritas; charity (in Christian theology) - From Latin

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• runner-up; second (in a race)

noun:

• administrative law judge; appeal examiner (e.g. in patents)

noun:

• impudent talk; speaking without thinking; continuing talking even after one has lost an argument; (getting in) the last word; talking back; needless retort