noun:

• half-sibling (by a different father); uterine sibling; maternal half-sibling; half-brother; half-sister

noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be traced; to be tracked (by someone) - idiom
• to have a lover (for a woman) - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be betrayed - idiom
• to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time - colloquialism - idiom

noun:

• cold noodles (in Korean style)
• chilled Chinese noodles - Kansai dialect ➜ 冷やし中華
• cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping ➜ つけ麺

noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

noun:

• Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition) ➜ 文展【ぶんてん】

expression:

• meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; likewise; equally; at the same time - usu. その一方で
• in contrast

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / expression:

• to act on one's emotions; to be carried away by one's feelings; to get emotional Antonym: 冷静になる

noun:

• Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north - derogatory term ➜ 北狄

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to break off; to knock off
• to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone (in go)

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

noun / ~する noun:

• covering private parts (esp. actors during filming)

noun:

• minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape)
• lined hakama that bulge in the front ［前張り・前張］

expression:

• (I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat ➜ 口が裂けても言えない【くちがさけてもいえない】

noun:

• three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing Japan's gambling laws

noun:

• Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio

ichidan verb:

• to be affected by (e.g. heat); to suffer from
• to be embarrassed; to be annoyed

noun:

• Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition) - abbreviation ➜ 文部省美術展覧会【もんぶしょうびじゅつてんらんかい】

noun / ~する noun:

• physical labor; physical labour; physical work
• forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 力役【りきやく】

noun:

• kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards) - archaism
• (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu ➜ 布衣【ほい】

noun:

• public bath; communal bath
• public bath or hot springs maintained by the local community and free or low fee

~の noun:

• worm-eaten; moth-eaten

noun:

• holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.
• leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff; willow wren - usually written using kana alone

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble
• to warp one's mouth