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soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the customer never has an empty bowl

bride's silk floss headdress

clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)

man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man

Transitive verb

shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; support; promotion

Finance

manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up

Computing

quantum computer

Legend

Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)

the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

(portable) electronic dictionary; pocket electronic dictionary; PED

digital dictionary; electronic dictionary; computer dictionary; online dictionary

nuclear submarine

Food, cooking

egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade

neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)

Abbreviation

cloth dyed in a dappled pattern

Abbreviation

pattern of white spots; dapples

Abbreviation

mochi containing red bean paste

Archaic; Original meaning

fawn

electronic data

Physics

positron

white kimono in which dead person is dressed

electron microscope

Colloquial

carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men

metal surface decoration with raised fine protrusions resembling fish eggs

Abbreviation

twill weave; basket weave

electronics; electronic engineering

air chair; wall sit; exercise mimicking sitting in a chair

chain of people sitting on each other's laps

boys' team

virtuous emperor

Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

gene recombination

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

genetically modified; GM

check(ed) pattern; plaid