noun / ~する noun:

• prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning

noun:

• the respective (relative) strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; the nose and eyes are in place [literal] - idiom

noun:

• pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers

noun:

• placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

noun:

• location awareness (as in a system or device)

noun:

• battle; fight; struggle; conflict

noun / ~する noun:

• battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

noun:

• fighting spirit; (will to) fight

noun:

• wound suffered in a fight

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a) knife fight - four character idiom

godan ~う verb:

• to fight one's enemy

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• unable to fight back tears

noun:

• sword fight scene choreographer ➜ 殺陣

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to pick a fight

noun:

• power relations; balance of power (between) - four character idiom

~の noun / noun:

• speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

noun:

• marbling (of beef) ➜ 霜降り肉
• (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water - abbreviation ➜ 霜降り作り
• formation of frost - orig. meaning

noun:

• interlinear notes; notes between lines of text

noun:

• the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth
• twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar

noun:

• double doors opening from the centre

~の noun:

• double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.)

noun:

• method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

noun:

• "Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front ➜ 羽織

noun:

• the six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure and love, and hatred)

expression:

• be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth - from Genesis 1:28 - proverb

noun:

• Abenomics; economic and monetary policies of Shinzo Abe, 90th and 96th prime minister of Japan, during his second term

expression / noun:

• bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow