noun:

• red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink) ➜ 青文字系

noun:

• blue letter style; comparatively mature fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in blue) ➜ 赤文字系

noun:

• Noraism; women breaking with family and seeking individual freedom (from heroine in Ibsen's "Doll's House")

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a black belt; to obtain a degree (in judo)

noun:

• cenote; sinkhole (esp. in the Yucatan peninsula) - From Spanish

noun:

• associate (of arts); associate's degree (in arts)

noun:

• medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese)

noun:

• right to decide; having say (in a decision)

noun:

• skirmish; prefinals (in games)

noun / ~の noun:

• peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms) - four character idiom

noun:

• rice granules; coarse glutinous rice flour (often used in candy production)

noun:

• Parsee; Parsi (adherent of Zoroastrianism, esp. descendants of those who fled to India to escape persecution in Persia)

noun:

• floor space; area (in tsubo)

noun:

• nutmeg (soccer); hitting a ball through the legs (e.g. in tennis) - slang - Sports term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done; there's no point (in doing something); there's no reason (to do something)

noun:

• terminal screen; scene; picture; the field (in TV); photo

noun / ~する noun:

• worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

suffix noun:

• shop; factory; mill; works (as in ironworks); plant (as in manufacturing plant)

noun / ~する noun:

• accumulation; retention; collection; sequestration (as in carbon dioxide sequestration); storage (usually a liquid, e.g. rainwater, or behind a dam.)

noun:

• lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method

noun:

• (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired - four character idiom

expression / noun / adjectival noun:

• excited; pressing forward; go-go; (in) high spirits; (having) excessive energy

interjection:

• Go!; go-man-go!

adverb:

• connecting; separating

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun / ~する noun:

• entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)