noun:

• (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine

noun:

• crouched walk treading on hands for stealth used by ninja

noun:

• forming by hand (instead of using a potter's wheel, etc.); handwork

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be drawn in by something wicked; to be won over by something wicked - archaism

expression:

• a meeting by chance is preordained - proverb ➜ 袖振り合うも他生の縁

noun:

• impression given by a painting or image

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck - four character idiom

noun:

• elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile - From Ainu

noun:

• pushing down (one's opponent) by leaning on (him)

expression:

• undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa - with an apologetic tone

noun:

• death by hanging

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term ➜ 北玉時代

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a pung by picking up a tile discarded by another player - Mahjong term

noun:

• fund procurement by stock issue; stock collateral loan

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be outdone by; to compare unfavorably with

noun / ~する noun:

• sending word by

noun:

• blues experienced by workplace recruits shortly after beginning work

expression:

• bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
• strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death

noun:

• reading of a kanji by meaning

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck ➜ 霊感商法