expression:

• struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand - Sumo term

noun:

• fish with a human-looking face

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

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

noun:

• being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness - four character idiom

noun:

• rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to chuckle with delight; to congratulate oneself

noun:

• shoes with thick soles to make one look taller - From English "secret shoes"

noun:

• sliding door covered with thick patterned paper ➜ 唐紙

noun:

• person one has a relationship with; date; boyfriend; girlfriend

noun:

• typhoon with severe wind (and little rain) ➜ 雨台風

noun:

• wearing oneself out with work

noun:

• (gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle

expression:

• autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout [literal]; autumn comes with harvest time and clear weather - proverb

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• commencing with; including

noun / ~する noun:

• reading carefully with appreciation; giving (something) a careful perusal - four character idiom

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color

noun:

• lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
• brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• way of dealing with someone; attitude ➜ 接する

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

noun:

• pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling - abbreviation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to eat with a munching or crunching sound

noun:

• chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.

noun:

• cigarette with a mouthpiece

noun / ~する noun:

• spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty - colloquialism