noun:

• initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages
• initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

noun:

• southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)

noun:

• Tilapia (large genus of cichlid fish in the Cichlidae family endemic to Africa and the Middle East)

noun:

• luo han guo (Siraitia grosvenorii); herbaceous perennial vine native to China and Thailand; fruit of the Siraita grosvenorii

expression / noun:

• age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)

noun:

• sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; Mar. 26, 2010)

noun:

• always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom

expression:

• please take care of yourself; please be careful not to... (concerning one's health or well-being)

noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

expression / noun:

• lost twenty years [literal]
• period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s

noun:

• eta (Edo period) ➜ 穢多
• administrator of a temple - Buddhism term ➜ 座主・別当・検校
• low-ranking government official with a comparatively high salary (in medieval China) - archaism

noun:

• territory of a stall vendor
• spot on a farm where the harvest would be put in order (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom

noun:

• short piece (of music, writing); small work (painting, sculpture, etc.); literary sketch; essay
• small article; small item

noun:

• going out (e.g. of a fire); dying out
• fizzling out; falling through; coming to nothing

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

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus

noun:

• cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe) ➜ 鱈・介党鱈

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless

godan ~む verb:

• to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of
• to lead by the hand

noun:

• stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss - Sumo term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl
• to shift position (of an object)

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom