noun:

• launching; launch
• end (of a theatrical run, etc.)
• closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project ➜ 打ち上げ会【うちあげかい】

noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]

noun:

• sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)

~する noun:

• to sink a ship

adverb:

• by all means (with sense of not taking "no" for an answer)

noun:

• sample; example; specimen
• display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants) ➜ 食品サンプル

adverb:

• just (now)
• quite (near)
• unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; against one's better judgement (judgment)

suffix noun / noun:

• itself

noun:

• one's own body; oneself

adverb:

• originally; naturally; by nature; from the start

noun / ~する noun:

• cultivating one's character by studying hard; diligent application - four character idiom
• mutual encouragement (to improve) - four character idiom

noun:

• friendly fire; killing each other by mistake
• internecine strife

noun:

• swidden; land made arable by slash-and-burn agriculture

noun:

• type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process

adverb:

• rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Defense Readiness Condition; DEFCON; alert state used by the United States Armed Forces

expression / adverb:

• whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

noun / ~する noun:

• committing suicide by throwing oneself in front of an onrushing train

noun:

• New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor

adverb:

• bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

noun / ~する noun:

• pressing clothes, etc. by placing them under the bedding while one sleeps

noun:

• Lingchi; Leng Tch'e; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

expression / adjective:

• lost for words; not knowing what to say by way of excuse (refutation)

noun:

• Malta fever (variety of brucellosis caused by the bacteria Brucella melitensis)