expression / noun:

• more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線【いいせん】

noun:

• moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
• imperial palace
• Yoshiwara red light district - archaism

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism

noun:

• gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

noun / ~する noun:

• catching a fishing hook on seaweed, coral, etc. on the seabed or riverbed

noun:

• Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth; flag of the Republic of China

noun:

• useable footage ratio; proportion of footage that can be used for the final cut

noun / ~する noun:

• purchase; buying; buying out

noun / ~する noun / transitive:

• buying used articles as a company; trade-in; buy back

noun / ~する noun:

• purchase on a no-return policy

noun:

• lump-sum payment; flat fee

noun:

• Mary Celeste; famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers
• archetypal ghost ship; unmanned ship

noun:

• mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ 頤で人を使う【あごでひとをつかう】
• to chatter; to jaw; to jabber - slang

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set one's hand to; to start work on
• to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion)
• to have sexual relations; to have an affair

adjective:

• terrible; dreadful - colloquialism ➜ 凄い
• amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific - colloquialism ➜ 凄い
• to a great extent; vast (in numbers) - colloquialism ➜ 凄い

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize

noun:

• middle point; median point ［ちゅうてん］
• middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

noun:

• between (e.g. two people); face to face
• hindrance; impediment
• arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music - usually written using kana alone - Music term

prefix:

• prefix used for stress or emphasis

counter:

• counter for traditional dance songs

noun:

• eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

noun:

• animate nature; living things
• living person; the living - usu. せいじゃ or せいしゃ

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied

expression / ichidan verb:

• to approach the finale; to come to a close

noun / ~の noun:

• lower leg; lower part of the body; lower limbs Antonym: 上体

noun:

• over-the-counter trading; OTC trading; off-floor trading - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate