noun:

• children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it ➜ 根っ木

noun:

• "pocket Hello Kitty" that combines a pedometer and a tamagotchi - abbreviation

expression:

• with a gentle face and a nice word - four character idiom

noun:

• standing on one's feet for a long time - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 立ちっぱなし

noun:

• a daimyo's (mounted) guards or retainers

noun:

• carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

expression:

• fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk - proverb

adverb:

• with a start; with a jump - onomatopoeia

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a momentary flash of light - onomatopoeia

expression / ichidan verb:

• to place a tax on

noun:

• usurpation of a throne

noun:

• daybreak sound of a crow
• (name of) poetry anthology

expression:

• at a long distance

noun:

• destination of a move

expression / ichidan verb:

• to shut a door

noun:

• going downstream in a boat ➜ 川下り【かわくだり】

noun:

• win on the last discard of a round - Mahjong term

expression:

• where there's a will, there's a way - proverb

noun:

• child who has survived the suicide of a parent; child of a person who committed suicide

noun:

• a counting machine

noun / ~する noun:

• eating a lot; excessive eating; gorging; guzzling

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a prostitute; to work as a prostitute; to sell sexual services

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to find a new master - archaism

noun:

• celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)