noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election ➜ 特別国会

noun:

• flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness
• animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

noun:

• leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

noun:

• deep double underarm grip which prevents the opponent from grabbing the belt - Sumo term

noun:

• backslapping; a smile and a tap on the shoulder [literal]
• backslapper; someone who smiles and gives you a slap on the shoulder; someone who wins people over

noun:

• boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes
• hairstyle inspired by such a doll (esp. for female children) (Edo period)

adverb / ~の noun:

• as a god
• as was done in the age of the gods

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo) - Martial Arts term

expression:

• doing one's own flower arranging
• marrying or making a mistress of a geisha

noun:

• just-in-time (inventory strategy); JIT

noun:

• Just In Time Compiler - IT term

noun:

• being too clever (for one's own good); getting done in by one's own cleverness

noun:

• name of a note in a movable do solfège system - Music term

~と adverb / adverb:

• quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering

noun:

• killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

noun:

• call number (e.g. of a book in a library)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to wave; to shake; to swing
• to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
• to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
• to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump
• to abandon; to give up; to ruin
• to add kana indicating a reading of a word ➜ 振り仮名
• to slightly change headings; to change directions
• to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
• to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
• to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
• to replace; to substitute
• to set up a joke for somebody else

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera)
• to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.)
• to shift (position); to be slightly off

adverb / ~たる adjective:

• firmly; absolutely; flatly; resolutely; decisively; definitely

adverb:

• by far; far and away; by a long shot; hands down

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

noun:

• a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law - four character idiom

noun:

• the tip of a spear; the edge at the very tip of a sword

expression:

• hallo!; excuse me!; announcing one's presence when calling at someone's house - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 物申す