noun:

• good match; suitable candidate (for marriage)
• good opportunity to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term

noun:

• warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

noun:

• overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object

noun:

• ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities

noun:

• grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2 - Sumo term

noun:

• having an eye to the big picture; being aware of the general situation - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes - four character idiom

noun:

• meeting convened to discuss issues; planning conference; review meeting; feedback session; investigative commission

noun / ~の noun:

• what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale - four character idiom

adjective:

• difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)

expression:

• losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

expression:

• beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise) - slang

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

expression:

• there are exceptions to every rule; rocks will flow and leaves will sink [literal] - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• Tenpo calendar; Japan's last lunisolar calendar (in use from 1844 to 1872)

noun:

• blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)

noun:

• Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) - archaism

expression:

• something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

noun:

• half-assed gyaru; young woman who partially adheres to the gyaru fashion trend - from 中途半端 and ギャル - abbreviation - slang ➜ ギャル

noun:

• Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

noun:

• attaching (of seaweed or seed oysters) to nets for the purpose of cultivation

noun:

• peach throat monitor (Varanus jobiensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia)