noun:

• term of service

noun:

• paper-thin sheet of wood

noun:

• narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom

noun:

• ruse; trick

noun:

• curve-leaf yucca (Yucca recurvifolia)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to sharpen one's fangs

noun:

• go or shogi tournament

noun:

• wishful thinking

expression:

• nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)

noun:

• steep slope

godan ~う verb:

• to mishear; to fail to catch
• to miss (the chance to hear)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one) - esp. 胸がきゅん（と）なる - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)

noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's mind

noun:

• far-right leader

noun:

• Edo-period gold mint

noun:

• educational system

noun:

• title of a scripture or sacred text (e.g. Buddhist sutra)
• title on a scroll or rolled book ➜ 巻き物【まきもの】

noun:

• broadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir); broadfin thornyhead; kichiji rockfish ➜ キチジ

noun:

• competitive price

noun:

• var. of horse raised in Nagano and Gifu

noun:

• water wagon; water tender

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations Antonym: 規則を破る

expression:

• match between persons equal in shrewdness

noun:

• creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)