noun:

• game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• under-the-table

noun:

• the last telegram

noun:

• the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain

noun:

• covered bridge passageway connecting the backstage (mirror room) to the noh stage

noun:

• type of newspaper from the Meiji era ➜ 大新聞
• minor journal; local newspaper

noun:

• view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished - four character idiom

noun:

• tournament other than the six major tournaments - Sumo term

noun:

• the 8 districts of feudal Japan

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure - abbreviation

noun:

• unlined in the back

adverb / ~と adverb:

• to the brim - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / noun:

• obi worn high on the waist

noun / ~する noun:

• attacking under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; assassination

noun:

• full-face diving mask which seals the whole face from the water

noun:

• The Union of South Africa - abbreviation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll around in the grass or mud

noun:

• win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• within the circle

noun:

• late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch; red-haired barbarian [literal]

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be on the right track; to go well

noun:

• the right of innocent passage - Law term

expression:

• you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb