noun:

• death by strangulation; ligature strangulation

noun:

• series; sequence; system; succession
• keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings

~の noun:

• affiliated; subsidiary

noun / ~する noun:

• summarization; summary; generalization
• review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)

noun:

• New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors) ➜ 年玉

noun:

• (Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle - abbreviation ➜ ラッセル車
• carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering)

noun:

• Jeet Kune Do; Way of the Intercepting Fist (martial art founded by Bruce Lee) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight

noun:

• gluing by hand; gambling without money (on the understanding that losses shall be covered later)

noun / ~する noun:

• moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)

noun:

• going according to one's wishes ➜ 不如意【ふにょい】
• ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter) - Buddhism term

noun:

• dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

noun:

• bottle gourd
• ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

noun:

• Cheki; brand of small instant cameras made by Fujifilm

interjection:

• check it out; take a look - From English "check it"

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term ➜ 北玉時代

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

noun:

• Sunni Triangle (area of Iraq bounded by Baghdad, Ramadi and Tikrit)

noun:

• (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine

noun:

• obfuscated style of Japanese text, used particularly by young women in keitai emails

noun / ~する noun:

• death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)

noun:

• person appointed by an electoral nominee to be in charge of their campaign-fund accounting

noun:

• large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK) ➜ 大河小説

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 襴

noun:

• standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews - From English "recruit suit"