noun:

• regular matches in an official tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• movement to defend the Constitution

expression:

• the style is the man; the style is the man himself - from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc - proverb

noun:

• the Epistles (of the New Testament)

noun:

• break (change for the worse) in the weather

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to listen to in an ecstasy

noun:

• skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

noun:

• noodles with bits of deep-fried tempura batter

noun:

• kami of the three main Kumano shrines ➜ 熊野三社

noun:

• special licence plate beginning with 8 used by police, ambulance, etc. vehicles
• special use vehicle (e.g. police car, ambulance, sprinkler truck, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• upsetting others with one's odour (strong perfume, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head ➜ ほおかぶり

noun:

• cloud flying through the sky

noun:

• sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument - four character idiom

expression:

• from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

noun:

• the sound of waves

noun:

• on-the-spot or live broadcast; running commentary; blow-by-blow report; play-by-play report

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lower the curtain; to come to an end

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

noun:

• sumo wrestler with a big belly - Sumo term ➜ ソップ形

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to do by the use of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to expose to the sun

noun:

• bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business; accidental infliction of injury in the conduct of business - Law term

expression:

• spare the rod and spoil the child; if you love your children, send them out into the world [literal] - proverb