noun:

• affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

noun:

• lull (e.g. in the rain); break

ichidan verb:

• to run out (e.g. of the room)

noun:

• kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana ➜ 振り仮名【ふりがな】

noun:

• manga on the theme of male homosexual love - from ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし. Sometimes 矢追.

noun:

• form of modern martial art using the bayonet

noun:

• Coma Berenices (constellation); the Berenice's Hair - Astronomy term

noun:

• checking the colors on a colored proof (colour)

noun:

• checking the colors on a colored proof (colour) - abbreviation

noun:

• wrestler waiting his turn by the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• coach announcing the winner and winning technique - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestler's favourite (favorite) grip on the belt - Sumo term

noun:

• seats closest to the ring; ringside seat - Sumo term

noun:

• most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable - Sumo term

noun:

• railroading an opponent straight out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• hand touching the ground resulting in direct loss - Sumo term

noun:

• gathering dark clouds; being under the shadow of - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• nostalgia for the good old days; retro-culture - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• announcing the succession to another's stage name - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• it (the weather) being piercing (bitterly) cold - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• the people being panic-stricken (in alarm) - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily - four character idiom

noun:

• the principle of honorable death and no surrender - four character idiom