noun:

• official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation) - Sumo term ➜ 年寄

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

noun:

• digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product

noun / ~する noun:

• dozing off in the middle of doing something; becoming inactive online due to falling asleep (esp. during a multi-player game)

noun:

• shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

noun:

• bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
• umbrella with bull's-eye pattern - abbreviation ➜ 蛇の目傘

noun:

• lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl

noun:

• journey; course; distance; march; flight; drive; leg (of a journey, relay race, etc.)
• itinerary
• stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

noun:

• searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc.

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom

noun / suffix noun:

• peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); height (e.g. of summer) - ざかり when used as a suffix
• prime (of one's life); one's best days

noun:

• rutting; being in heat

noun:

• defense of one's country; defence of one's country

noun:

• test of one's strength; test of one's ability

noun:

• family business; family trade
• one's occupation; one's trade

noun / ~の noun:

• out of one's line; out of one's field

noun:

• one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

noun:

• one's next three neighbors; one's next three neighbours

noun / ~する noun:

• dining with one's superior; dining with one's superiors

noun:

• management of one's livelihood; management of one's property

noun:

• local public prosecutor's office; subdistrict public prosecutor's office

noun / ~する noun:

• foolish thought
• (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea - humble language

noun:

• baggage check; check one's baggage; book one's luggage - abbreviation

expression:

• retribution for one's crime; punishment for one's crime

noun:

• sleeping on one's side; lying on one's side ➜ 横臥

noun:

• confirmation of someone's safety; ascertainment of someone's safety