noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a meal (before doing something); to fortify oneself with a meal

noun:

• red beard; person with a red beard ［あかひげ］
• Westerner ［あかひげ］ - derogatory term
• Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)

noun:

• Chimaeridae; family of shortnose chimaeras, cartilaginous fish with short round snouts

noun:

• Sichuan sliced spicy garlic pork; boiled pork slices with sauce - Food term - From Chinese ➜ 雲白肉

noun:

• ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• telegony; influence of a previous sire on the offspring of a female with a later sire (discredited theory of heredity)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look on enviously while doing nothing; to look on with a finger in one's mouth [literal] - often 〜て見る

noun:

• strange festival; festival with bizarre or unusual ritual

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be very busily occupied; to be swamped with work

noun:

• somai; type of bola with two balls ➜ ボーラ

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make take part in some activity; to take along with you (w. negative associations)

noun:

• salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray

~の noun:

• towards the Soviet Union; with the Soviet Union

noun:

• sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game played with dice

expression:

• feeling deeply ashamed of oneself; overwhelmed with shame

adverb / ~たる adjective:

• looking cool and collect; with an air of perfect composure

noun / ~する noun:

• making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees ➜ 無償化【むしょうか】

noun:

• whipping; beating with a whip - abbreviation ➜ 鞭打ち症
• whiplash - abbreviation ➜ 鞭打ち症

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil ➜ 火に油を注ぐ【ひにあぶらをそそぐ】
• to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up; to encourage

noun:

• appointer; person with appointive power

noun:

• shiny, bald head; person with a shiny, bald head

adverb:

• snappingly; with a snap - onomatopoeia

noun:

• nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks - Food term ➜ 麸【ふ】

noun:

• Tokyo Skytree; broadcasting tower with observation deck in Sumida ward, Tokyo, Japan