expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have as a side order (with drinks) ➜ 肴【さかな】
• to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense - usu. Xをさかなにする - idiom ➜ 肴【さかな】

noun:

• twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・鬼宿・魂讃め星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn up (at the edge); to leave a clean aftertaste

noun:

• (in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking ➜ べらんめえ口調【べらんめえくちょう】

noun:

• advanced standing (in school or college); credit for prior studies

noun:

• deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun:

• Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945) ➜ 十五年戦争・太平洋戦争

noun:

• rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)

expression:

• (have the honor, honour) to write

noun:

• scarf hold (in judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• ijtihad (use of discretionary judgement in deducing a law not specified in scripture) - From Arabic

noun:

• question time (in the Japanese Diet) ➜ クエスチョンタイム

noun:

• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode) ➜ 呂旋

interjection:

• here it comes (interjection used when lying in wait for something)
• oops!; damn it! ➜ しまった

noun:

• thick (with); bound by love - colloquialism - obscure term ➜ 恋仲

expression:

• assistant language teacher (technical term used in Japan); ALT

noun:

• economic unit (entity involved in economic activity, e.g. households, businesses, nations)
• economic unit (measurement of economic activity)

noun:

• twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect)

noun:

• supersonic airliner (i.e. the Concorde)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shake (e.g. the world); to shock

noun:

• ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris

noun:

• rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)

noun:

• Feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate as opposed to emperor, 1185-1867 CE) ➜ 王朝時代

noun:

• grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching