expression / ~の noun:

• one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

noun:

• hitting; striking ➜ 打っ込む
• throwing; tossing ➜ 打っ込む
• mixing ➜ 打っ込む
• wearing ➜ 打っ込む
• bottom fishing; legering ➜ ぶっこみづり
• gap between pegs in a pachinko machine (that a ball can pass through)

noun:

• building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds) - archaism ➜ 武徳殿

noun:

• person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

expression:

• don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep [literal] - proverb

expression:

• it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn

noun:

• International Trade Commission; ITC
• Independent Television Commission; ITC
• International Trade Center; ITC
• integrated traffic control; ITC
• inclusive tour charter
• IT coordinator

noun:

• pair; couple; set
• antithesis ➜ 対句

counter:

• counter for items that come in pairs
• counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

noun:

• sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people

noun:

• piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半鐘
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term

noun:

• gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead
• one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans
• fierce god ➜ 鬼神【きしん】

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end) - slang - IT term

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• that year; same year; same age

noun:

• this and that; such and such

noun:

• late spring; spring that comes late - archaism

conjunction:

• in line with this; therefore; consequently; so; such being the case; in that regard; in this connection

noun / ~の noun:

• with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain