noun:

• seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)

noun:

• ruler's private property

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• degree of difficulty; difficulty level

noun:

• soft solder ➜ 硬鑞

noun:

• name association - IT term

noun:

• person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; hotpot boss [literal] - humorous term

expression:

• what grade (in school)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fall silent; to be hushed ➜ 鳴りを潜める
• to be inactive; to lie low

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - proverb

noun:

• (love) letter tossed into a home

noun:

• territorial behavior; territorial behaviour - Zoology term

noun:

• internal affair

expression:

• what (TV) channel? - colloquialism

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen

noun:

• summer insect; summer insects

noun:

• inner part; depths

noun:

• medicine taken internally

noun:

• recrimination

noun:

• domestic exchange

noun:

• young striped mullet - なよし sometimes also refers to adults ➜ 鯔【ぼら】

noun:

• Solomon's seal; Polygonatum falcatum

noun / ~する noun:

• split among friends; falling out; internal discord

noun:

• turf war

noun:

• tamer