noun:

• subquest (in a video game); sub quest

noun:

• migrant worker from the countryside (in China) ➜ 民工

noun:

• provisional administrator in occupied territory during WWII

noun:

• multiple parallel fermentation (esp. in sake brewing)

noun:

• wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)

noun:

• township and village enterprises (in China); TVE - abbreviation ➜ 郷鎮企業

noun:

• wild geese returning north in the spring

noun:

• extremophile; organism that thrives in extreme conditions

noun:

• ten best people (in a particular field)

noun:

• payment in advance (by bank transfer)

noun:

• hill size (in ski jumping); HS - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ヒルサイズ

~の noun:

• hottest (e.g. fashion); freshest; in vogue - slang

noun:

• announcement (e.g. in a train station)

conjunction / particle:

• and yet; though; when; in spite of ➜ くせに

noun:

• round of 16 (in a tournament) - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• printing; typing

noun:

• printed character; typed character
• character(s) carved onto a seal

noun / ~する noun:

• return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lose one's temper; to be exasperated; to become irritated ➜ 煮やす

noun / ~する noun:

• losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart - four character idiom

expression:

• I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

noun:

• visible breath (i.e. when it's cold); frosty breath; white breath

noun:

• Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) ➜ 三名山