noun:

• backmarker (competitor at the tail of the field, likely to be lapped)

noun:

• divination that predicts the events of the whole year (esp. concerning crops) ➜ 年見

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

noun:

• flag used at funerals showing the name and rank of the deceased

noun:

• backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

noun:

• high-quality buckwheat flour (made only using the center of the grain)

noun:

• plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941 - abbreviation

expression:

• the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• occupying; having (an area) all to oneself
• military occupation; possession; capture; seizure

noun / ~の noun:

• being stark-naked
• having no possessions; losing all one's belongings

expression:

• utterly ignorant; not knowing; having no idea; (being a) blithering idiot

noun:

• flawless; perfect - four character idiom
• (a nation) having never been invaded by outside forces

noun:

• hungry spirit (lacking in people not having drive or ambition)

expression / adjectival noun:

• sour (expression); as if having swallowed a bitter bug [literal] - idiom ➜ 苦虫

expression / adjectival noun:

• (having) special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.)

noun:

• one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 門前清

noun / ~する noun:

• being connected at a fundamental level; having an unseen commonality; underlying (both)

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

proper noun:

• Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible); Letter to the Hebrews; Hebrews ➜ ヘブライ人への手紙

noun:

• the sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height

noun:

• the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period ➜ 摂関

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

pronoun:

• that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it ➜ 何れ・此れ・彼【あれ】
• that time; then
• there (indicating a place near the listener) - archaism
• you - archaism