noun:

• translation (esp. in court); interpretation
• Edo-era translation of Dutch and Chinese

noun:

• configuration (e.g. of a computer or file); user preferences; system environment; environment setting - IT term

noun:

• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を貸す

noun / ~する noun:

• intermingling of public policy with private interest; mixing up official business with personal affairs - four character idiom

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

noun:

• very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun:

• campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to strip a person of all his or her clothes
• to steal someone blind - slang

noun:

• motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); motorized bicycle ➜ 原付

noun:

• Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - Linguistics term

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ナ行変格活用

noun:

• stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads) ➜ 地蔵
• taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

noun:

• great pairing (e.g. of food and wine) - Food term - From French "mariage"
• marriage; wedded life; wedding; wedding ceremony

noun:

• quick bread; bread made with baking powder instead of yeast

noun:

• Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

noun:

• Hakuho period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)

noun:

• handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)
• 28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata) - colloquialism ➜ 二十八星瓢虫

noun:

• pip (spot on a die)
• small cube (esp. of food); die; dice