打

(rocket) launch site

taiko drumming; taiko drummer

Word usually written using kana alone

Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion)

to eat to one's hearts content; to drum the belly

Food, cooking

rice with other ingredients poured on top

punching (e.g. with a die); die cutting; blanking

removing a partition (wall)

artesian well

Common noun

removing a partition (wall)

Colloquial; Adverb (fukushi)

straight through without interruption

difficult to make friends with

Buddhism

shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object

party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party

Proverb

even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots

sudden dissolution of a legislature

Buddhism

intensive zazen meditation on a subject; knocking all into one

striking with the back of the sword

driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)

Idiomatic expression

to put a period to; to put an end to; to settle (for the time being)

Food, cooking

soba with broth poured over it

undressed concrete; unfaced concrete

(golf) driving range

Proverb

the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished

Proverb

tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked

mahjong player

Baseball

regulation at batting

chipped ice; ice chips

to till a rice paddy; to plough a rice paddy (plow)

Computing

overstrike

to suddenly break with a snap; to suddenly get cut off

to snap; to become furious