noun:

• match that determines if a rikishi will have more wins than losses

noun:

• wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

noun:

• ritual gestures (squatting, clapping, etc.) indicating that a fight will be clean - Sumo term

noun:

• gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

noun:

• structure of an artwork; pictorial design
• pictures inserted in a book

noun:

• repeat of a deuce (in tennis, etc.) - usu. as ジュースアゲーン, アゲーンワン, etc. - From English "again"

adverb:

• again

noun:

• (logical) conversion (transposition of subject and predicate to form a new proposition)

noun:

• nonenal (fatty acid responsible for a distinctive body odor in older people) ➜ 加齢臭

noun:

• uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

noun:

• continuous session (e.g. trading in a stock exchange); zaraba

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

expression / adjective:

• influential; powerful; popular; prosperous (when modifying a noun); doing well ➜ 羽振りがいい【はぶりがいい】・羽振り

noun:

• type of scuba buoyancy control device with a back-mounted air bladder - From English "back float type"

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language - archaism ➜ ませんでした

noun:

• P-valve; urinal built into a diver's dry suit

noun:

• Japanese ko-so-a-do demonstratives (e.g. pronouns: kore, sore, are, dore) - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• creeping (i.e. growing along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

noun:

• independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach) - abbreviation ➜ 自主トレーニング

noun:

• independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach) - abbreviation

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• map (or diagram, etc.) folded with a cover on each side - obscure term