expression:

• after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward

noun:

• year-before period; corresponding period of previous year; same period a year ago

noun:

• resistance - From French
• popular resistance against a military invasion (especially of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after
• to have lingering effects

noun:

• value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌・三元牌
• winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor - Mahjong term ➜ 役【やく】

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam); collection of hypothetical questions and answers

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pull apart; to separate
• to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

noun:

• one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryou (an old coin)

~する verb (spec.):

• to line up with; to be a member of; to rank with
• to attend; to take part in

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to point down; to look down Antonym: 上向く
• to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)

noun:

• adding sounds to a soundtrack after a film has been made; postrecording; postsynchronization; postsynchronisation; postlooping; dubbing - From English "after recording"

noun:

• flag

suffix:

• tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival) - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman)

noun:

• medium; channeler ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)

noun:

• low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride - abbreviation - slang ➜ ヤンキー

expression:

• to rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox [literal] - proverb

noun:

• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956)

noun:

• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯

suffix:

• -smell; stinking of ➜ カビ臭
• smacking of; hinting of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cause a stir; to create a stir; to make a stir; to cause repercussions

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
• to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
• to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in
• to be caught up in superstition

noun:

• bull's-eye
• object of desire; most-coveted goal
• male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...") - colloquialism

adverb:

• before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently; knowingly

noun:

• dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel

noun:

• disparity between values of votes in different constituencies; measure of malapportionment of electorates