noun / ~する noun:

• engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit - four character idiom

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted - onomatopoeia

noun:

• first and final offer in labor-management negotiations - four character idiom

noun:

• slab (e.g. in metal casting, smelting, etc.)

noun:

• traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi

noun:

• thick-bordered box or table (in forms, etc.)

noun:

• shake-hands grip (in ping-pong, table tennis)

noun:

• unhittable return in tennis - From English "return ace"

noun / ~する noun:

• serious reply (response) (e.g. in 2ch threads) - abbreviation ➜ レス・まじ

noun:

• someone who battles on in difficult circumstances

noun:

• everyday garment worn by men in ancient Japan - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice

noun:

• student who can't keep up in school - sensitive

noun:

• Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)

noun:

• man'yōgana written in kaisho or gyōsho style ➜ 万葉仮名

noun:

• bit part (e.g. in a film); extra

noun:

• ne bis in idem; prohibition against double jeopardy

noun:

• ordinary woman secretly engaged in prostitution (Edo period) - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• large undertaking attempted in a far-off land - archaism

expression / noun:

• being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)

noun:

• food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot - Food term

noun:

• violent scene (in a movie, etc.)

noun:

• Japanese language (as a school subject in Japan)

pronoun:

• self-deprecating first person pronoun used in letters - archaism - male language

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• jumbled; in disarray
• scattered randomly about (small items)