noun:

• junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution - abbreviation ➜ 短期大学

noun:

• junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

noun:

• chum; pal
• dagger; stiletto ➜ 匕首
• unbalanced record of wins between two wrestlers - Sumo term

noun:

• two operating systems on a computer; double-boot - IT term

noun:

• photograph of two people, usu. male and female - From English "two shot"

noun:

• two-by-four (e.g. method)

noun:

• small confection comprising two thin waffle-like biscuits with cream between them - From French "gaufrette" ➜ ゴーフル

noun:

• 1, 2, 3; one, two, three

noun:

• split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

noun:

• roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

expression:

• the past; bygone days (years, age, etc.) ➜ 来し方
• the course (route) one has come by; the direction one came from

noun:

• dumpling cooked in miso served during the dog days of summer at the imperial court
• accompaniments for a rice dish - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ おかず
• wooden pestle - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ すりこぎ
• menstrual period - archaism

noun:

• Little New Year (festival held on January 15th); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu

noun:

• shape; form; figure; posture; pose
• appearance
• state; situation

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• suitable; fit; reasonable

suffix noun:

• about - after an age

noun:

• mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size) ➜ 鮗

expression:

• much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)

noun:

• comics or novels about male homosexuality, targetted at young women - colloquialism - From English "boys love" ➜ ＢＬコミック・やおい

noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• non-allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis brought about by a sudden change in temperature - Medicine term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to engender; to bring about

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to entwine; to follow about

expression / noun / adverb:

• anything and everything; just about everything

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to creep about; to crawl around

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to worry about; to be vexed

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to feel uneasy; to worry (about something)