noun:

• hoverboard; hover board; fictional hovering skateboard from the Back to the Future series

noun:

• cutting off the head
• shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

noun:

• province of the second highest rank (ritsuryo system)
• provinces close to the capital

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden - emphatic form of 広げる ➜ 広げる【ひろげる】
• to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap ➜ 広げる【ひろげる】
• to scatter about; to spread around ➜ 広げる【ひろげる】
• to make flourish; to cause to prosper ➜ 広げる【ひろげる】

noun:

• being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place - four character idiom

noun:

• two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living - four character idiom

expression:

• dancing fool, watching fool; you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; all fools, so let's all dance

expression / adverb:

• just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]

adjectival noun / noun:

• dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role)
• not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth - colloquialism ➜ 力不足【ちからぶそく】

noun:

• person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates - slang
• member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members) - slang ➜ 暴走族

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden ［広げる・拡げる］
• to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap
• to scatter about; to spread around ［広げる・拡げる］
• to make flourish; to cause to prosper ［広げる・拡げる］

adverbial noun:

• just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air
• to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

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:

• cosmic bowling; bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights

noun / expression:

• one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern"

noun:

• putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name - four character idiom

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• the other day; lately; recently; during this period
• meanwhile; in the meantime ［このかん］

adjectival noun / noun:

• hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous

noun / ~する noun:

• mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong ➜ 任侠団体・男伊達

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach - four character idiom

noun:

• expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan