noun:

• commerce (field of study); department of commerce (at a university)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

noun / ~する noun:

• ramming attack; hurling oneself (at)
• throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.)
• to be left out; to be crowded out

noun / ~する noun:

• paying for oneself; (at) one's own expense ➜ 自弁

noun:

• Nozomi; fastest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping only at largest stations) ➜ こだま・ひかり

noun / suffix:

• research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)

ichidan verb:

• to continue to work; to work away (at)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• dropping below break-even point; (selling at) below cost

noun:

• ladies' day; promotional scheme where women are offered discounts on certain days (e.g. at cinemas) - From English

noun:

• double circle; 'good work' (equiv. of silver star awarded to children at school)

noun:

• karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle) ➜ 唐破風

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

noun:

• bicycle decorated with anime characters; painful bicycle (i.e. painful to look at) - colloquialism - humorous term ➜ 痛車【いたしゃ】

noun:

• shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.) ➜ 木賊板

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform)
• passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line

noun:

• (sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)

noun:

• existing laws; regulations now (at present) in force

expression:

• out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

noun:

• venti; 20-ounce cup (at Starbucks)
• twenty - orig. meaning - From Italian "venti"

noun:

• Kodama; slowest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping at all stations) ➜ ひかり・のぞみ

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom