expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll around in the grass or mud

noun:

• forced out on third - Baseball term

noun:

• win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• within the circle

noun:

• late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch; red-haired barbarian [literal]

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be on the right track; to go well

noun:

• the right of innocent passage - Law term

expression:

• you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb

noun:

• degree of dependence on foreign trade

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them - four character idiom
• (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor

noun:

• different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes - four character idiom ➜ 同工異曲【どうこういきょく】

noun:

• the Inquisition

noun:

• Day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains) ➜ 亥の子の祝

noun:

• private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; escalator school [literal] - colloquialism ➜ エスカレーター校

adjectival noun / noun:

• being cleared of all the charge (brought against one); being found completely innocent - four character idiom

noun:

• toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman

noun:

• the Orient for the Orientals

noun:

• young woman who uses the first person pronoun "boku" - manga slang ➜ オレっ娘

noun:

• air dose rate (esp. radioactivity)

noun:

• memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• under the staircase; understairs

noun:

• this world (life) and the next; eternity - four character idiom