godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• (for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy
• (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy

noun:

• Chrysiptera (genus of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae)

noun:

• qanat (underground tunnel for irrigation); kanat - From Arabic

noun:

• person requiring special help (usu. seniors, infants, etc. in disaster scenarios) ➜ 要援護【ようえんご】

noun:

• background music (in a movie, television drama, etc.)

noun:

• Ephippus (genus of 2 species of spadefish in the family Ephippidae)

noun:

• Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)

noun:

• final four (in a tournament); semifinalists - From English "best four"

noun / ~する noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - abbreviation ➜ カウンターストップ

noun:

• deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga & Tokyo)

noun:

• segue (proceeding without interruption in music, etc.)

noun:

• diopter (optical unit of refraction in lenses) - From German "Dioptrie"

noun:

• (in) custody; physical restraint (e.g. by police) - four character idiom

noun:

• storage method (e.g. for food); storage instructions

noun:

• drop cable (for workstations) - IT term

noun:

• tending pine trees (esp. in autumn)

noun:

• pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 七殿・十七殿

noun:

• Japanese domestic market (esp. for automobiles); JDM

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)

noun:

• repeat of a deuce (in tennis, etc.) - usu. as ジュースアゲーン, アゲーンワン, etc. - From English "again"

adverb:

• again

noun:

• Nosema bombycis (microsporidian parasite responsible for pebrine) ➜ 微粒子病

noun:

• smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean)

counter:

• ~th period (e.g. ~th class in school day) ➜ 限目

noun:

• pressure ridge (in ice)

noun:

• upper jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine); upper burner