noun:

• yaki-fu; wheat gluten leavened with baking powder and baked into long bread-like sticks - Food term ➜ 麸【ふ】

noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• antique-looking; looking hoary with patina - four character idiom

noun:

• monster cat; cat with magical powers

noun:

• unsympathetic manager; section chief with a heart of stone

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• profuse perspiration; dripping with sweat - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face - four character idiom

noun:

• conformism; following the crowd; swimming with the tide; me-tooism - four character idiom

noun:

• two-sword school; style of fencing with one sword in each hand ➜ 二天一流
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets
• bisexuality - colloquialism
• player who can play as both pitcher and fielder - Baseball term

godan ~る verb:

• to sing energetically; to sing with abandon ➜ 捲る【まくる】

noun / ~する noun:

• adding water; dilution with water

noun:

• sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki) - Food term ➜ 割り下

noun:

• omurice; omelet with a filling of seasoned fried rice (omelette) - abbreviation

noun:

• complex sentence; sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause - Linguistics term

noun:

• precariat; class of workers with no stable jobs - From English "precarious + proletariat"

noun:

• landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side

adverb:

• suddenly; with a jerk - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to knead; to mix with fingers
• to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fence in; to surround with a wall

godan ~う verb:

• to be mistaken for; to be confused with

noun:

• (beating someone) hands down; with a single blow - four character idiom

noun:

• maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

noun:

• Neuroptera; order of insects with four membranous wings