noun:

• electric power producer and supplier (PPS); electric power production and supply

noun:

• head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck

noun:

• to and fro process; back and forth process; cooperative process; collaborative process

noun / ~する noun:

• going to work and leaving work; clocking in and clocking out

noun:

• fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
• location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra ［しゅらじょう］ ➜ 阿修羅【あしゅら】・帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】
• difficulties (in a love relationship) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism
• crunch time (esp. for cartoonists) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame [literal] - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame ➜ 閉月羞花・沈魚落雁

noun:

• unauthorized travel; riding without a valid ticket (e.g. on a train); stealing a ride

noun:

• false start of a bout - Sumo term
• backsies (called when taking back a move in a game)

noun / ~する noun:

• caricaturing
• turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something ➜ 漫画

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself - idiom

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around
• to take part in a pitching duel - Baseball term

noun:

• black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice
• charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

noun:

• fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

noun:

• dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack
• my house; my home - humble language
• small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

noun:

• six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian) ➜ 左方唐楽

ichidan verb:

• (for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged
• to feel listless; to be dull; to be lazy; to look bored

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
• to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married - colloquialism

noun:

• the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels)
• the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC and digital camera)

expression / adjective:

• shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); cunning; crafty
• inedible; uneatable
• unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

noun:

• Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure) ➜ 杜仲

expression:

• you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover