noun:

• Artiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to butter up; to try to get on the good side of

noun / ~の noun:

• House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet ➜ 衆参両院【しゅうさんりょういん】

godan ~る verb:

• to push and push; to keep pushing to the end

noun:

• shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice

noun:

• bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

noun:

• left puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the left arm ➜ 三人遣い

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have an accident; to meet with an accident

noun:

• Vulpes; genus comprising the true foxes

expression / noun:

• women who excel; women in prominent positions

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to come to an end; to lower the curtain ➜ 幕を閉じる【まくをとじる】

noun:

• finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step - four character idiom

noun:

• Chanyu; supreme leader of the Xiongnu people ➜ 匈奴

noun:

• request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person

expression:

• jokingly; in the form of a joke

noun:

• Hydrangeaceae; family comprising the hortensias (hydrangeas) ➜ 紫陽花

noun:

• sweetened sweet potato fries; fried strips of sweet potato coated with sugar

noun:

• loco moco; Hawaiian dish, trad. white rice topped with hamburger patty, fried egg and brown gravy - Food term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false

noun:

• Sparidae; fish family containing the tai

noun:

• clashing waves; tides in narrow sea straits - archaism

conjunction:

• if so; if it be so; in that case; then ➜ 然らば【さらば】

noun:

• dependent word; auxiliaries and particles in Japanese - Linguistics term

noun:

• Auchenipterus; genus of catfishes in the family Auchenipteridae

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under - incorr. var. of 足を掬う ➜ 足をすくう【あしをすくう】