noun:

• pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making) - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• going to serve one's lord

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation ➜ 参勤交代

noun:

• blue line
• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯

noun:

• 51% attack (e.g. on a cryptocurrency); disruptive attack on a blockchain by majority holders of computing power

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far ➜ 抜群

expression:

• till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
• concerning (an area of expertise)
• swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to catch (a person's words); to make out; to follow; to understand
• to find out by asking

noun:

• foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year

adverb / ~と adverb:

• slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit - onomatopoeia
• slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out; seeping out - onomatopoeia

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］