noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• book of poetry
• The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fit; to get into; to go into
• to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions)
• to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught
• to be deceived; to be taken in; to fall into a trap
• to be addicted to; to be deep into; to be crazy about; to be stuck on

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be well-kneaded
• to be seasoned; to be experienced; to be mature and well-rounded

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; flaky (as in pastry) - onomatopoeia
• crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; proceeding smoothly - onomatopoeia
• sound of pouring liquid - onomatopoeia - archaism
• speaking clearly - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

noun:

• being called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court; monk called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court - archaism

noun:

• Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
• Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido ➜ 和人地

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / noun:

• (in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while ➜ 久し振り

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to try and do something; to attempt to do something ➜ 為る【する】・とする

noun / ~する noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey (so-called because traditional pipes had metal only in two short segments at the ends) ➜ 煙管乗り

noun:

• hard-liners; diehards; hawks

noun / adjectival noun:

• (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; man's man

noun:

• hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

noun / adjectival noun:

• strait-laced type (with respect to relationships)

noun:

• bullish traders

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

noun / ~する noun:

• control; management (e.g. of a business)

noun:

• people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

temporal noun:

• (period of) a year

suffix noun:

• during an era

adverb:

• again; once more; a second time

noun:

• author (usu. of a particular book); writer

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the other day; a few days ago

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

noun / ~する noun:

• closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop Antonym: 発車【はっしゃ】

noun / ~する noun:

• urine; piss; pee
• breaking a contract - colloquialism

noun:

• decision of a contest; finals (in sports)