noun / ~する noun:

• otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense - usu. used adjectivally as 浮世離れした

noun:

• administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states

noun:

• Yokozuna Deliberation Committee; body that recommends promotion of wrestlers to grand champions - Sumo term

noun:

• slapping hands in front of the opponent's face to confuse him - Sumo term

noun:

• hypothetical rule allowing match-ups between wrestlers regardless of their stable affiliation - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)

noun:

• photograph of two people, usu. male and female - From English "two shot"

expression:

• all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing - four character idiom

noun:

• practice of eating sushi or sashimi off an unclad woman's body

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); vigorous and in high spirits - four character idiom

noun:

• taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom

expression:

• three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 損者三友【そんしゃさんゆう】

noun:

• secrets; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

noun:

• the selling of waste land (worthless property) by unscrupulous real-estate developers - four character idiom

expression:

• At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius) - four character idiom

noun:

• offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.); floral tribute

noun:

• terminal bonus; lump sum when policy matures
• payout on cancellation of contract

noun:

• rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)

noun / adjectival noun:

• being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business - often used humorously - four character idiom

noun:

• bent back; prone posture
• weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve

noun:

• feeling of food or drink going down one's throat - often of beer