noun:

• song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians) ➜ 鳥追い【とりおい】・門付歌

noun:

• plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• being on stage when the curtain opens

noun:

• wooden floor; wooden-floored room
• thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board ➜ 板焼き

noun:

• city pop; Japanese music genre popular in the 1980's

noun:

• being once divorced; one-time divorcee; one x mark, i.e. one name struck from the koseki [literal] - humorous term ➜ 戸籍

noun / ~の noun:

• next seat; the seat next to

noun:

• at the present time; at present

noun:

• future outlook; outlook for the future

noun:

• suitable person; fit person; the fit

noun:

• road through the middle; middle road

noun / ~する noun:

• sun drying; drying in the sun

noun:

• overcoat - abbreviation ➜ オーバーコート

noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• exceeding; going over; going beyond

adjectival noun / noun:

• exaggerated; over the top; overdrawn; overreaction

noun:

• over par - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ オーバーパー
• overexposure Antonym: アンダー

noun:

• horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

conjunction:

• in line with this; therefore; consequently; so; such being the case; in that regard; in this connection

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge - Sumo term
• to punch hard; to hit hard

~と adverb / adverb:

• crying; tears dripping; water dripping; grain-like object falling - onomatopoeia
• falling off; falling down - onomatopoeia
• inadvertently coming to the surface - onomatopoeia

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot - idiom ➜ 痛い所

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

noun:

• only this; this much

noun / ~の noun:

• this small amount (degree, extent)

noun:

• (not) in the slightest; (not) at all - as こればかりも with neg. verb

noun:

• fish going downstream (to spawn)
• dead fish
• fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)

noun:

• four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)
• four gods said to rule over the four directions ➜ 四神

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away

noun:

• regular position (e.g. in sports team); normal position
• revealing a card in the upright position (tarot, etc.)

noun:

• empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace