adjectival noun / noun:

• smooth and refreshing (of sake); light with a clean finish

noun:

• andouillette; French sausage filled with pork and tripe - From French

noun:

• winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair - Mahjong term

expression / noun:

• before and after (e.g. photos) - From English "before after"

noun:

• winning hand consisting only of terminal and honor tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

noun:

• the vertical; height
• front-to-back; length
• north-to-south

noun / ~の noun:

• vertical (relationship); hierarchy

noun:

• (weaving) warp ➜ 経糸【たていと】

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be stunned; to be surprised; one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character) [literal]

noun:

• ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】・大関【おおぜき】

expression / adjective:

• unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) ➜ 任せる・任せる

noun:

• Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)

noun:

• Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 山帰来

expression / adjective:

• unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away ➜ 居たたまれない

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 甲矢

interjection:

• shh! (used to silence someone); sh! ➜ しっ
• shoo! (used to drive off an approaching animal, etc.) ➜ しっ

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; -like; -looking - after a noun, the -nai stem of a verb, or repetitive syllables

interjection:

• excuse me; pardon me; used when visiting someone else's house to ask to be shown inside - used by samurai - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be blown inside out (of an umbrella); to become (the shape of) a sake cup [literal] - idiom

expression:

• thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be found; to be discovered

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to Tokyo
• returning to the capital - orig. meaning