noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

noun:

• lady's companion (paid female companion of a wealthy or high-ranking woman, esp. in Victorian England) - archaism

noun:

• Clarke number; abundance of a chemical element in the Earth's crust, as calculated by geochemist Frank Wigglesworth Clarke - Geology term

noun / ~する noun:

• racing (an engine); idling (an engine) ➜ 空回り
• going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels

noun:

• resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw (the winning ticket)
• to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position) ➜ 当てはめる

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era)

expression:

• in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

noun:

• any of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter

noun:

• funny word or gesture
• funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.)
• a woman's temple hair - archaism ➜ 揉み上げ【もみあげ】

noun:

• getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings ➜ 胸がいっぱいになる

~の noun:

• chest full of; lungs full of

expression:

• there's no point; it's no use; it's not worth it

noun:

• foreign merchant; foreign businessman; foreign company; foreign firm
• out-of-store sales; calling on customers to take orders

noun / ~する noun:

• job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer

noun:

• unconsolidated balance sheet; single-company balance sheet

expression / noun:

• this day next week; today week; a week from today

expression:

• with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

noun:

• Shangdi; supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion
• God (in Christianity)
• Shakra; Indra; king of heaven in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term ➜ 帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】

noun:

• selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

noun:

• street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

noun:

• laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout
• taking space (Go); obtaining land; gaining territory
• training done in one's own stable - Sumo term
• (police) legwork - abbreviation ➜ 地取り捜査

noun / suffix noun:

• set (of items) - pronounced ぐみ as a suffix
• group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team

noun:

• typesetting; composition

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

noun:

• hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow) - onomatopoeia
• rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; googly eyes
• rattling sound

adjectival noun / noun:

• undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety
• (the crime of) cursing one's parents ［ふきょう］ - archaism ➜ 八虐
• disowning one's child ［ふきょう］ - archaism