expression / adjective:

• out of control; out of hand; unmanageable - idiom

adjectival noun / adverb:

• confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself ➜ 自信満満【じしんまんまん】

noun:

• sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

expression / noun:

• ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent - idiom

expression / noun:

• ease of use; pleasantness of use; comfort level

expression / adjective:

• out of control; out of hand; unmanageable - idiom ➜ 手がつけられない【てがつけられない】

noun:

• act of terror; act of terrorism

noun:

• violation of rights; infringement of rights; civil wrong

noun:

• promotion of regional development; encouragement of local development

noun:

• bag; sack; pouch
• skin of an orange (and other like fruits)
• dead end
• plot of land surrounded by water

noun:

• policeman; official in charge of imprisoning offenders - archaism
• art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands - Martial Arts term

noun:

• bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

noun:

• tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance)
• sleight of hand; magic

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• sputtering; smoldering - onomatopoeia
• repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly - onomatopoeia
• mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint ［ブスブス・ぶすぶす］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• scoophead (Sphyrna media, species of little-known hammerhead shark found in tropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific)

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】・ピー柿【ピーかき】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pierce; to penetrate
• to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through
• to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)

noun:

• under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down - Sumo term
• dodging; parrying (questions) ➜ 肩透かしを食わせる【かたすかしをくわせる】
• disappointment; letdown

prefix noun:

• (of) Japanese descent

noun:

• non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin - abbreviation ➜ 日系人
• company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

noun:

• weather; look of the sky
• situation; turn of affairs; signs; way the wind is blowing

noun:

• snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball)
• snapshot (esp. of people) - abbreviation ➜ スナップショット・スナップ写真
• snap fastener; press stud ➜ ホック

noun:

• Menshevik; member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party - From Russian "Men'sheviki" ➜ ボルシェビキ

noun:

• shallow clogs (worn by nobles; originally made of leather, later made of black lacquered paulownia)

noun:

• former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) ➜ 律令制