noun:

• long homeroom; occasional or periodic extra long registration class or assembly in a school (e.g. for activities not related to class work) ➜ ホームルーム

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

noun:

• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) - archaism
• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) - archaism ➜ 律令制
• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) ➜ 五刑

noun / expression:

• five races under one union; founding principle of the Republic of China (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans) - four character idiom
• harmony of the five races; official policy of Manchukuo (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese) ［五族協和］ - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

expression / adverb:

• nothing (with neg. verbs); not any
• and everything else (with noun plus "mo"); all

noun:

• haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

noun / ~する noun:

• reception; welcome; serving (food)
• wining and dining; business entertainment; corporate entertainment; entertaining politicians

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)

noun:

• spirochaete; spirochete - From Latin "Spirochaeta"
• Treponema pallidum (species of spirochaete that causes syphilis, bejel, pinta, and yaws) - colloquialism

noun:

• with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

noun:

• translation (esp. in court); interpretation
• Edo-era translation of Dutch and Chinese

noun:

• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - Sumo term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun:

• sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans

noun:

• comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun - halfway between 二枚目 and 三枚目 - four character idiom

expression:

• in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way

noun:

• one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique often used by spammers)

noun:

• great pairing (e.g. of food and wine) - Food term - From French "mariage"
• marriage; wedded life; wedding; wedding ceremony

noun:

• growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)