noun:

• tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang & Zhou dynasties) - archaism
• brutal person - idiom
• coveting of wealth (property, etc.)

noun:

• Nivkh (ethnic minority group of Russia, living near the Amur river and on Sakhalin)

noun:

• water pepper vinegar; vinegar infused and mixed with water pepper leaves, esp. served with salt-grilled sweetfish - Food term

noun / ~の noun:

• one side; one party; counterpart; the other side; the other party ➜ 両方
• one of a pair; fellow; mate

noun:

• awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

noun / ~の noun:

• putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

noun:

• summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 茅の輪

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

noun:

• buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - abbreviation - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンスターペアレント

expression:

• when about to go back
• on the way back; on the way home

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

noun:

• decoration hung on the New Year's pine on New Year's eve

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

noun:

• soil
• loamy soil; loam; soil with clay content of 25-37.5%

adverb:

• with all one's strength; with all one's heart; to the utmost ➜ 思い切り【おもいきり】

noun:

• resolution; decisiveness ➜ 思い切り【おもいきり】

adverb:

• with all one's strength; with all one's heart; to the utmost

noun:

• resolution; decisiveness

noun:

• familiarity with the land
• locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be faced with the choice between two alternatives; to be presented with two difficult choices

noun:

• top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends

~の noun / noun:

• upside-down ➜ 上下になる

noun:

• drumming in the streets to announce a tournament - Sumo term
• announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets

noun:

• departure; setting off; start
• being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
• passage of time; lapse
• rehearsal - abbreviation ➜ 立ち稽古【たちげいこ】
• leading male role in kabuki - abbreviation ➜ 立ち役【たちやく】
• rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; faceoff - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 立会い【たちあい】

prefix:

• verb prefix conveying emphasis and sometimes formality

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge
• to sympathize with; to sympathise with

~する verb (spec.):

• to manage; to deal with; to cope with
• to sentence; to condemn; to punish

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge ➜ 察する
• to sympathize with; to sympathise with