noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

expression:

• bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
• strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

noun:

• "benefit-your-locality" tax scheme; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government

noun:

• the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

noun:

• picture of the world; world picture; image of the world; Weltbild

noun:

• member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives

noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

expression:

• to that extent; to that degree

~する verb (spec.):

• to heat; to heat up

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become dim; to become blurred

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to meet face-to-face

noun / ~する noun:

• tending to be; wanting to be

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be stingy; to be tightfisted

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to do so; to do thus

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be flustered; to be confused ➜ とちる

expression:

• to do or not to do

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to behave annoyed; to feel annoyed - from うざい and がる

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get sleep; to sleep

godan ~る verb:

• to give in; to give up - from 妥協 - slang

temporal noun:

• at the worst time; at worst; at the worst level

~する noun / ~の noun:

• to contact; to get in touch ➜ ご連絡

noun:

• contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message ➜ ご連絡
• connection; coordination; junction

~の noun:

• intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial

noun:

• defeat; loss; losing (a game)

suffix:

• failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.) ➜ 名前負け【なまえまけ】

noun:

• discount; loss (on a sale)

expression / adjective:

• shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); cunning; crafty
• inedible; uneatable
• unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together