expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

expression:

• to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to - archaism ➜ 垂んとする

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); even the flower blushes (before her beauty) [literal] - idiom

noun:

• friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends

expression:

• from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts - abbreviation ➜ ピンからキリまで

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.; reduction in vehicle runs (bus, taxi, etc.) ➜ 増車

noun:

• explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

pronoun / pre-noun adjectival:

• this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ➜ 此れ・此の

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

expression / adjective:

• in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

expression / ~の noun:

• as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities ➜ 出来る限り【できるかぎり】

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• China and North Korea; Chinese-North Korean

noun:

• imperial court
• Imperial Court (of Japan)
• middle ages

noun / ~する noun:

• extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression
• making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings - Buddhism term
• curing illness

noun:

• policeman; cop - esp. お巡り ➜ お巡りさん
• walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
• rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
• vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism ➜ おかず・女房言葉

noun:

• ticket; token; check; receipt
• label; tag
• sign; card; plate
• playing card
• charm; talisman ➜ 守り札
• slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

noun / ~する noun:

• receiving in advance; taking before others
• prefetch - IT term
• anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next - Linguistics term

noun:

• lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
• brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• attending someone through the night (guard, nurse)
• act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding)
• keeping overnight vigil over body before burial

noun:

• rim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
• wrestling ring - Sumo term
• dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position

noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

expression:

• saying no is also an expression of fondness; no often means yes; the lady doth protest too much - proverb

noun:

• performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) ➜ 浄瑠璃

adjective:

• smelling burnt; smelling scorched
• smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if military action seems about to happen); war is looming
• suspicious; dubious; questionable