noun:

• referee officiating the third highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• referee officiating the second lowest division - Sumo term

noun:

• referee officiating the lowest division - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• being the runner-up; finishing second - sometimes written as "準V" - Sports term

noun:

• four tassels hung above the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• basket for salt by the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• gilding the lily; adding redundant things - four character idiom ➜ 屋上屋を架す

noun:

• across-the-board fall in prices

expression:

• furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned

noun:

• executive positions in the civil service

noun:

• success on the first try (attempt) - four character idiom

noun:

• daimyo in the Warring States period - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• very far away; the heavenly shores - four character idiom

noun:

• being up to the person himself - four character idiom

noun:

• (both) the bright and dark sides - four character idiom

expression:

• good luck!; all the best

noun / ~する noun:

• using every trick (in the book)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• meanwhile; the other day; recently - obsolete term

noun:

• Stoic school; the Stoics

noun:

• Rocky Mountains; the Rockies

~の noun:

• smallish; on the small side

godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pull up by the roots

expression:

• empty vessels make the most sound

noun:

• household search (conducted by the police) - slang

noun:

• separation with divorce in the offing