noun:

• sport that requires a strong willpower and hunger for success (esp. boxing) - From English "hungry sports"

noun:

• (one of) the eight earliest and most prestigious high schools (Meiji period) - From English "number school"

noun:

• apomictic; of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis; related to reproduction without fertilization, meiosis or production of gametes, with the result that the seeds are genetically identical to the parent plant

noun:

• style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho) ➜ 天明・蕉風
• style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo) ➜ 狂歌

adjective:

• poor; needy
• lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

noun:

• light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car ➜ 軽カー

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection
• the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

adverb:

• anybody and everybody; with the best of them; as the next fellow - adv equivalent of 誰も ➜ 誰も

noun / ~の noun:

• Siberia

noun:

• cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

noun:

• fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

adverb / ~と adverb:

• verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush - often 青々として

noun:

• Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression - abbreviation ➜ 特別高等警察

godan ~る verb:

• to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick

noun:

• triple jump; hop, step and jump ➜ 三段跳び【さんだんとび】

expression:

• It's good to have a girl first and then a boy

noun:

• virtuous deed; act of merit - Buddhism term
• grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing - Buddhism term

noun:

• evergreen tree; conifer; coniferous tree
• pine and cypress
• duty; constancy; faithfulness

noun:

• "dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed

expression / noun:

• bathhouse thievery; stealing someone else's clothes and valuables at a bathhouse

noun:

• national law; laws of a nation
• national rites and ceremonies
• Japanese literature

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• being majestic; with great pomp and circumstance; with an imposing air - four character idiom

noun:

• Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression - abbreviation ➜ 特別高等警察

noun:

• traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back ➜ 島田髷

noun:

• hit-and-run play - Baseball term ➜ ヒットエンドラン
• end run (American football) - Sports term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others