noun:

• entrance exam for a university giving preference to persons who excel in one special field (skill); one-talent oriented entrance examination - four character idiom

noun:

• large bird
• peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish) - esp. 鵬 ➜ 鵬【ほう】
• fenghuang (Chinese phoenix) - esp. 鳳 and 凰 as male and female respectively ➜ 鳳凰

expression:

• I quit!; I'm out!; declaring one quits, mainly used in children's games - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

noun / counter:

• nth person to quit a game - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once)
• single clap after a cheer

noun:

• bench used by kabuki actors during performance ［合い引き・合引き］
• for enemies and allies to pull back their troops at the same time
• responding to enemy arrow fire with arrow fire

noun:

• euphonic change of unvoiced to voiced sound (on the first consonant of the non-initial mora of a compound)

noun:

• technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt - Sumo term

expression:

• The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven - four character idiom

expression:

• (from rakugo) that's all from me, and now the next speaker ...; expression used to hand over to the next speaker

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make sure; to make doubly sure ➜ 駄目押し

noun:

• door-to-door solicitor; door-to-door preacher

godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case) - である with も; formal, literary ➜ である
• to be ... or something

noun:

• the rounds of tradesmen going door to door
• route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking
• thief taker; secret policeman ➜ 岡っ引き

expression:

• (e.g. to walk, stand, etc., until) one's legs turn to lead; (doing something) until one's legs tire and stiffen

noun:

• seed of Buddhahood - Buddhism term
• something that makes it possible to attain Buddhahood
• teaching of Buddha which make it possible to be enlightened

noun:

• awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

expression:

• Men seldom live to be seventy (Du Fu (c.712-c.770)); Few people live to be seventy - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put away one's bedding
• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed)

noun:

• dress; outfit; getup

~する noun:

• to dress oneself; to outfit oneself

expression:

• I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think too much of; to make too much of

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to flutter in the wind; to wave in the wind

expression / ichidan verb:

• to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair