noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

noun:

• tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)

noun:

• labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory - idiom ➜ 故郷に錦を飾る

noun:

• useless card (in karuta); worthless card ➜ カルタ
• card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations

adverb:

• no matter what; anyhow; in any case; at any rate; in any event; anyway - archaism

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take in; to bring in; to adopt (e.g. behaviour); to introduce ➜ 採り込む
• to capture (e.g. image); to import - IT term
• to win over; to please; to curry favour with; to flatter
• to defraud of; to swindle; to embezzle

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be busy; to be in confusion; to have trouble

noun / ~する noun:

• praising Buddha; sermon - Buddhism term
• praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness) - Buddhism term ➜ 五念門
• style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc. - Buddhism term
• rumor; rumour; hearsay - archaism

expression:

• among these; between these; of these
• in here; in this ［このなか］

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

noun:

• symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓

noun:

• person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

noun:

• dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term

particle:

• too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
• both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) - as ＡもＢも
• even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than - used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.
• even if; even though; although; in spite of - often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.

adverb:

• further; more; again; another; the other - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ もう

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

adverbial noun / noun:

• in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst

noun:

• in name and in reality; nominally and virtually; form and contents

expression:

• in any case; in either case; whichever the case may be

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove

godan ~う verb:

• to co-operate (in enterprises); to hold in common; to share - archaism