noun:

• traffic division (of a police department)

noun:

• Old Black Joe (a noh mask)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to croak (e.g. like a frog)

noun:

• characters (in a novel, movie, etc.) ➜ 作中

noun:

• (a) short story; short-story writer

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

noun:

• purple spot (on a plant)

noun:

• ball not bouncing (e.g. in a catch) - Baseball term - From English "no bound"

noun:

• contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

noun:

• rough voice (e.g. when one has a cold or sore throat)

noun:

• (using a) level

noun:

• sex establishment (as regulated by a specific Japanese law)

noun:

• geranium (usu. a cultivated pelargonium) - From Latin ➜ ペラルゴニウム・風露草

adjectival noun:

• (of a branch heavily laden with fruit, etc.) drooping; bending

noun:

• slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)

noun / ~する noun:

• dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master) - Buddhism term
• certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)

noun:

• advance(d) screening (of a movie)

noun:

• collectivism (giving priority to a group rather than any individual member)

noun:

• root (of a chord) - Music term

noun / ~する noun:

• consultation at an office (as opposed to a house call) ➜ 往診

noun / ~する noun:

• pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious; being happily married - four character idiom ➜ 琴瑟相和す

noun:

• activist (in a political movement); crusader (e.g. for women's rights)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to interrupt (a person)

noun:

• magnet school (public school offering special instruction in order to attract a more diverse student body)