noun:

• two-sword school; style of fencing with one sword in each hand ➜ 二天一流
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets
• bisexuality - colloquialism
• player who can play as both pitcher and fielder - Baseball term

noun:

• Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods) - four character idiom

noun:

• sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror) ➜ 三種の神器
• implement used in religious ceremonies

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

prefix:

• surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
• per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

noun:

• Northern and Southern Dynasties (in Japan: 1336-1392 CE, in China: 420-581 CE)

noun:

• live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

noun:

• puzzle ring; wire puzzle
• exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go

noun:

• criminal; being bound by ropes; prisoner in bonds

noun:

• (in) custody; physical restraint (e.g. by police) - four character idiom

noun:

• everyday garment worn by men in ancient Japan - archaism

noun:

• concession held by a single nation (in China) ➜ 共同租界

noun / ~する noun:

• military expedition led in person by the emperor

adverb / ~する noun:

• solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself - onomatopoeia

noun:

• malum in se; act inherently wrong by nature - Law term ➜ 法定犯

noun:

• having lunch in a toilet cubicle by oneself - slang

noun:

• meat substitute; meat analogue
• cheaper meat used in place of beef or pork

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk

noun:

• superalloy
• Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy

noun / ~する noun:

• woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless - derogatory term - slang ➜ ぶる

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

noun:

• complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period) ➜ 私地私民