noun:

• wrestler's belt used in a bout - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to call a person's attention (to)

noun:

• goods in stock or on hand or in one's possession

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to check someone's temperature

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

noun:

• Richardson's dragonet (Repomucenus richardsonii); Richard's dragonet

noun:

• paying off one's entire credit card balance monthly - From English "monthly clear"

expression / adjective:

• failing in one's duty (e.g. to someone)

noun:

• children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it

noun / ~する noun:

• clearing one's throat; cough

noun / ~する noun:

• marrying into the wife's family

noun:

• cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)
• traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

noun:

• full slip (combining hadajuban and susoyoke) worn under women's kimono ➜ 肌襦袢【はだじゅばん】・裾除け【すそよけ】・長襦袢【ながじゅばん】

noun:

• master's thesis

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

noun:

• one's internal clock

noun:

• one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

adjectival noun / noun:

• boasting of one's strength

noun:

• the mid-month's slate of entertainment in a variety hall

noun:

• children's sumo - Sumo term

noun:

• Gay-Lussac's law

noun:

• Burkitt's lymphoma

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to do something behind someone's back; to do something stealthily

noun:

• days of one's menstrual period ➜ 生理日