noun / ~する noun:

• reading a Chinese text in Japanese

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure - abbreviation

noun:

• unlined in the back

~する verb (spec.):

• to take part in; to be implicated in; to side with; to support

noun / ~する noun:

• kicking a ball in mid-air (soccer, football) - From English "volley shoot"

noun:

• person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates - slang
• member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members) - slang ➜ 暴走族

noun / ~する noun:

• looking slender in clothing ➜ 着太り

noun:

• customers losing interest in product or shop

noun:

• pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters - Sumo term

suffix:

• having a tendency towards; being close to

noun:

• Korean living in Japan; person of Korean descent - colloquialism

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll around in the grass or mud

noun:

• win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something - four character idiom

noun:

• udon in soup thickened with (powdered) kudzu ➜ 餡かけ【あんかけ】

noun:

• visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight

noun:

• different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes - four character idiom ➜ 同工異曲【どうこういきょく】

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• blossoms falling in confusion - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• both in name and reality; both in name and substance ➜ 名実相伴う

noun:

• unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making - four character idiom

expression / adjectival noun:

• in one's senses; sane

noun:

• white powder (lead carbonate) used in the past as face pigment and used in paint more recently

adjectival noun / noun:

• deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about

noun:

• Chinese lacquerware technique resulting in a mottled finish

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be drawn in by something wicked; to be won over by something wicked - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• increasing in size