expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus

expression / noun:

• Kibō no Tō (Japanese political party); Party of Hope

noun:

• door-to-door manzai; form of comedy orig. performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai ➜ 漫才

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to know personally; to have personal knowledge of

noun:

• autumnal chill; touch of cold in the air

noun / adjectival noun:

• knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life - four character idiom

noun:

• Myobatrachidae; family of frogs

noun:

• Shennong; mythical king of ancient China

noun:

• high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school

noun / ~する noun:

• looking down (from the heavens); visit of a high-ranking person

noun:

• sold out; out of production - From English "lot up"

noun:

• Buccinidae; family of gastropod mollusc comprising the true whelks

noun:

• mountain; vicinity of a mountain

noun:

• thunder; god of thunder - honorific language

noun:

• meaningless words added a song for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• roundish; sort of round

noun:

• lowest seat; foot of the table

noun:

• urban mine; discarded items which can be used as a source of resources

noun:

• simplified form (of a kanji); any of 22 simplified non-joyo kanji variants commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• cosmic bowling; bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights

noun:

• trying one's luck; test of one's luck

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; blood-drenched
• desperate; frantic

noun:

• sideburns; hair at the sides of the head ➜ 双鬢

noun:

• uniformity; balance (equilibrium) of power

adverb:

• unexpectedly; out of the blue