noun:

• groundwork; preparation
• walking practice; strengthening one's legs
• leg hold (wrestling, judo, etc.)
• wooden beam that joins underfloor pillars

noun:

• bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews), such as that included on DVDs of movies, television programs, etc.

noun:

• integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route

noun:

• national holiday that has been moved to a Monday (e.g. Coming-of-Age Day) - From English "happy Monday" ➜ 成人の日

noun:

• narrow, long, and thin pieces of wood strung together that were used to write on in ancient times ➜ 竹簡

noun:

• crying over spilt milk; complaining about things that have already happened - archaism
• speaking ill behind somebody's back; malicious gossip - archaism

noun:

• bait pitch; sucker pitch; pitch that lures a batter to swing - Baseball term

expression:

• I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

noun:

• naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation

noun:

• room that cannot be entered (e.g. because it's locked from the inside)
• secret room

noun:

• barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

noun:

• weaverbird; weaver (any of a number of birds in family Ploceidae that weave elaborate nests)

noun:

• par save (in golf, number of shots above par for that hole)

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

noun:

• full interchange (an interchange that has exits and entrances in both directions)

~の noun / noun:

• unpromoted (piece) - Shōgi term

noun:

• limit orders that become market orders at the closing auction if not already executed

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

noun:

• dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms ➜ 玉繭

noun:

• book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets
• delivering a letter

adverb:

• something or other; one thing or another; this or that

expression:

• Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy; He that is too secure is not safe - four character idiom