noun / ~する noun:

• stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution - From English "match pump, i.e. lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump"

noun:

• dripping; drop; trickle
• water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws water from the sea

noun:

• dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings) ➜ 鈍い【にぶい】

noun:

• condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile) - Food term

noun:

• favorable condition (for entering the priesthood) - Buddhism term
• dying in order (from oldest to youngest)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

noun:

• lightsaber; lightsabre; fictional weapon from the Star Wars films

noun:

• Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan) ➜ オリエンタルバタフライフィッシュ

noun:

• Emperor Meiji's birthday (November 3rd; national holiday held from 1927 to 1948) ➜ 文化の日

noun:

• people or companies that forcefully and illegally expel defaulting tenants from their lodgings

noun:

• whitespotted bambooshark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum); white-spotted catshark (species from the Indo-West Pacific)

expression / adjective:

• preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip - Sumo term
• having weak defenses

noun:

• thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)

noun:

• confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized ➜ カステラ・ボーロ・コンペイトー

noun:

• misanga bracelet; good luck charm made from knotted embroidery floss, thread or gimp - From Portuguese "missanga"

noun:

• striped fabric imported from Java (often cotton, sometimes mixed with silk) - archaism

noun:

• love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships

noun:

• gemstones (apart from diamond, e.g. ruby, sapphire, etc.) - From English "color stone"

noun:

• goalkeeper - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ゴールキーパー
• goal kick - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ゴールキック
• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges) - abbreviation - slang ➜ 合コン

noun:

• anchorperson; anchorman ➜ アンカーマン
• reporter who gathers material from various contributors

noun:

• armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
• beside; close to; near; by - also written as 傍, 側
• aside; to the side; away; out of the way
• off-track; off-topic
• deuteragonist; supporting role - usu. written ワキ in Noh
• second verse (in a linked series of poems) - abbreviation ➜ 脇句

noun / ~の noun:

• class-A; A class; A grade

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder)

noun:

• viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window - usu. as 窓越しに