noun:

• diver's exposure suit; body suits, wet suits, and dry suits; suit which protects divers from exposure and abrasion

adverb / pronoun:

• where; which; who
• anyway; anyhow; at any rate

adverb:

• sooner or later; eventually; one of these days; at some future date or time

pronoun:

• both; either; any; all; whichever

noun:

• system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to step on; to trample down; to tread on - colloquialism ➜ 踏みつける【ふみつける】

noun:

• bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers; rulers apprehending the views of those they govern - archaism

noun:

• soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)

noun:

• the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節

noun / ~する noun:

• being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret) - four character idiom

expression:

• victory depends on the luck of the day (i.e. it isn't always the strongest who wins)

noun:

• wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva - vulgar

noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

expression:

• empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service; RRS; SRS; train service which is local for one section and express for another

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term ➜ 両面待ち【リャンメンまち】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of
• to cause to fall; to make decline

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

expression:

• the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the samurai first among men - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order
• damage; hurt
• objection; protest

noun / ~する noun:

• preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

noun / ~する noun:

• acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; purchase
• bribery; buying off; corruption

interjection:

• hello (e.g. on phone)
• excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

adjective:

• dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy; limping; narrow; close; watch out