noun:

• compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• measuring weight; weighing
• maximum weight (on a scales) ［ひょうりょう］

expression / noun:

• star seen on a rainy night; "rare occurrence" [figurative]; "rare sight" [figurative] ➜ 雨夜

noun:

• taking on cargo; loading (e.g. a ship); cargo; shipment

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to grapple
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of a demon, thought, emotion, etc. ➜ 取り憑く【とりつく】
• to obtain a clue; to get a lead

noun:

• western part; the west (of a region)
• the West (United States)

noun:

• lining a kimono with the same material as the kimono itself

noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

expression:

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - proverb

expression:

• just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall apart; to collapse; to become useless
• to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out
• to fall apart (one's body or health) - archaism

noun:

• highly virtuous monk
• monk - honorific language
• Buddhist solitary
• Buddhist missionary ➜ 高野聖
• saint (i.e. a virtuous person)
• emperor - archaism - honorific language
• master; expert - in form 〜の聖

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to reach the summit (e.g. of a mountain)
• to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

noun:

• vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals
• key point; essential point; crux (of a problem); heart (of a matter)
• male crotch (as a target in fighting) - colloquialism ➜ 金的

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• forever; endlessly; on and on
• meandering; wandering; winding; sinuous; serpentine; zigzagging

noun:

• crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the emperor

noun:

• drums sounded in the morning to draw the crowds to a match - Sumo term

noun:

• soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods

noun:

• overhand throw - Baseball term
• a throw using the outside of the arm - Sumo term

noun:

• the point of a sword; the advance of an army

noun:

• chanting the title of a sutra (esp. the Lotus Sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 題目