noun:

• the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular (designated) officials or executives - four character idiom

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり・方違へ所

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun:

• official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation) - Sumo term ➜ 年寄

noun:

• digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product

noun:

• light used as a religious offering ➜ 御灯・神灯
• paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)

expression / noun:

• showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)

noun:

• mince (minced meat or fish) ［タタキ・叩き・敲き］
• seared skipjack tuna ［叩き・敲き］ ➜ 鰹
• robbery; extortion ［叩き・敲き］ - slang
• hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor - usu. 三和土 (gikun)
• whipping; lashing; bashing; beating; flaming ［タタキ・叩き］

godan ~る verb:

• to blow violently; to blow incessantly; to blow hard (e.g. the wind)

noun:

• strength and weakness; (degree of) strength
• stress (of a sound); loudness

noun:

• question and answer in writing; written reply to a written question

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; with a click - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱたり
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱたり

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to disclose; to divulge; to expose
• to open (and rob) a grave

expression:

• anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be in a miserable state; to be down and out

noun:

• house divination; divination based on the position and form of a house ➜ 家相【かそう】

noun:

• every word and act; just a word or an act - four character idiom

adverb / ~の noun:

• time and time again; many times; a number of times ➜ 何度も【なんども】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

noun / ~する noun:

• management; administration
• cutting up and serving food
• cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

noun:

• campfire (usually large, and for gathering and singing, etc. around)

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds) ➜ 酢憤り

noun:

• box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

noun:

• Chinese-style spare ribs (esp. pork, also beef and lamb), breaded and fried - From Chinese "páigǔ"