noun:

• salt thrown to purify the ring before a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• quitting the tournament in progress due mostly to injury - Sumo term

noun:

• opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable - Sumo term

noun:

• training matches where the winner picks his next opponent

noun:

• amicable settlement; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• participating in something by merely following the leaders - four character idiom

noun:

• full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end - four character idiom

noun:

• the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters - four character idiom

noun:

• public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media - four character idiom

noun:

• retribution spanning the three temporal worlds (present, past, future) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork - four character idiom

noun:

• (the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability - four character idiom

noun:

• (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making) - four character idiom

noun:

• avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth - four character idiom

noun:

• all the worldly (mundane) matters; everything in this world - four character idiom

noun:

• uprising (during the Muromachi period) demanding debt cancellation orders - four character idiom

expression / interjection:

• Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】

noun:

• krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)

noun:

• all the papers (documents) relating to a case; dossier

noun:

• Hydrangeaceae; family comprising the hortensias (hydrangeas) ➜ 紫陽花

expression:

• near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

noun:

• the opposite team in a two-turns work group

noun:

• question based on rearranging (words) into the correct order

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)

adverb / ~の noun:

• the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional