noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

ichidan verb:

• to look afar
• to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts

noun:

• rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off - sometimes written 立ち会い - Sumo term ➜ 立ち会い

noun:

• visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer

noun:

• working in the theater (theatre); attached to a particular theater

noun:

• ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to explain or describe a situation or matter in greatest details

expression:

• wooing technique; the way to a man's (woman's) heart

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

noun / ~する noun:

• falling due to a strong wind; being toppled by the wind

noun:

• charming, enticing smile; smile meant to catch a man's attention

noun:

• height of a beam; beam as measured from top to bottom

noun:

• mate's rate; preferential rate of payment offered to a friend

noun:

• selling electricity (e.g. domestic solar power to a power company)

noun:

• digital rights; digitization rights; right to digitize a work

expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake - abbreviation ➜ ツーと言えばカー【ツーといえばカー】

particle:

• (after imperative form of a verb) as if to say; as though

noun / adjectival noun:

• self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

noun:

• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt

noun:

• aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser ➜ ウケを狙う

noun:

• signature; register

~する noun:

• to put one's name on; to sign

noun:

• stamped name; typed name Antonym: 著名

noun:

• night owl; nighthawk; late bird

~する noun:

• to stay up late; to keep late hours

noun:

• barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom