noun:

• win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious; being happily married - four character idiom ➜ 琴瑟相和す

noun / ~する noun:

• one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through one's personal connection - four character idiom

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to ration out and survive on (some food)
• to eke out a living

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick

noun:

• chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish ➜ 取り皿

noun:

• northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) ➜ 小鷹
• female hawk (or falcon)
• falconry (using a northern goshawk) - abbreviation ➜ 大鷹狩

noun:

• cross-selling (selling other products to a customer); cross sell

noun:

• red beard; person with a red beard ［あかひげ］
• Westerner ［あかひげ］ - derogatory term
• Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)

expression / adjective:

• avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; not even a dog will eat [literal]

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine

expression:

• when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

~と adverb / adverb:

• wet and glistening; slimy; slippery

~する noun:

• to have a sheen; to be slimy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

noun:

• tiger-striped pants - abbreviation ➜ 虎柄パンツ
• cakes or bread with a tiger pattern or face

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

noun:

• hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make off; to abscond; to get away; to pull a vanishing act

noun:

• location where a magical being resides
• cursed place where disaster after disaster occurs

noun:

• strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints

noun:

• vehicle larger than a light motor vehicle, and subject to automobile registration and tax ➜ 軽自動車

noun:

• pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken