niche

置く: to put / (following a て-form verb) to do in advance; to do for some future purpose

emotional composure, calmness

calm, composed

become affixed to a surface, often tartar to the surface of teeth / settle to the bottom

the actual site where something occurs: (on) the ground, firsthand / practice

a colony (region or governmental unit)

(mahjong) big three dragons: a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand with triplets or quads of each of the 三元牌 (sangenpai, “dragon tiles”)

modern language / (especially in reference to Japanese) modern Japanese; Japanese in its current form, spoken since the Meiji era and based on the Tokyo dialect

a play focusing on modern events and issues from World War II and up; contemporary drama, a modern play