noun:

• owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder

noun:

• horse oil; extract of horse subcutaneous fat, used in cosmetics and traditional medicine

expression:

• time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• warbler flying from a valley to a tree - orig. meaning ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• finding success in life ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• passing the palace examination ➜ 進士【しんし】

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb / auxiliary verb:

• to come back; to do ... and come back ➜ 行って来る
• to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
• to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...") ➜ と来たら

noun:

• rush
• rush hour - abbreviation ➜ ラッシュ時・ラッシュアワー
• rush print (in films, anime, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ ラッシュプリント
• lighter aboard ship; LASH - abbreviation ➜ ラッシュ船

ichidan verb:

• to reorganize; to rearrange; to put (things) in order ➜ 並べ替える【ならべかえる】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

godan ~る verb:

• to listen attentively to; to be lost in

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant

noun:

• Shōwa restoration; Showa restoration; call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate - slang ➜ 詰める

noun:

• singer; vocalist
• nagauta singer (in kabuki) ➜ 長唄
• singer of Noh chants ➜ 謡

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

expression:

• by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident

godan ~む verb:

• to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms)
• to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program)
• to braid; to plait
• to grapple; to wrestle
• to unite; to join; to link up; to form an alliance
• to set (e.g. type)
• to issue (e.g. money order)

noun:

• mother-in-law
• foster mother
• step mother

noun:

• common law - Law term
• customary law (in international law) - Law term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shut in; to confine; to contain

noun:

• enterprise union; company union; in-house union ➜ 企業別組合

noun:

• enterprise union; company union; in-house union ➜ 企業内組合

expression / adjectival noun / adverb:

• what kind; what sort; how; in what way - Kansai dialect ➜ どんな・如何【どう】・どの様に【どのように】

noun:

• hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow) - onomatopoeia
• rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; googly eyes
• rattling sound

noun:

• being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one - four character idiom