noun:

• making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions - four character idiom

noun:

• rebreather; provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycles exhaled gas

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

noun / ~する noun:

• revenge
• making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time ➜ リターンマッチ

noun:

• (entering into) nirvana

suffix noun:

• used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent; tranquil - usu. せき

noun:

• thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
• my home ［ぼうもん］ - humble language

noun:

• small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang ➜ 大屋根

noun:

• heddle; heald; part of a loom, a wire or cord with an eye, through which the warp threads are threaded

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
• iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

noun:

• to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ➜ 枡形
• Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun / ~する noun:

• advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

expression:

• an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth - from Matthew 5:38

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually)
• to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to cause a shower of
• to disperse; to distribute; to spread
• to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure
• to distract; to divert - as 気を散らす, etc. ➜ 気を散らす

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• overwhelming majority (number of parliamentary seats required in order for the ruling coalition to chair all standing committees and pass bills without the support of other parties)

noun / ~する noun:

• raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); filing (a claim); submitting (a case)
• lifting up - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; marking time (for a soldier)
• standstill; stalemate

noun:

• sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance - four character idiom

noun:

• corn dog (frankfurter on a stick dipped in batter and deep-fried) - From English "American dog"

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• rolling (something); knocking down - abbreviation
• fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line ➜ 転がし釣り
• repeatedly buying and selling

noun:

• boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

noun:

• Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

expression:

• someone who was just crying quickly cheers up and smiles; a child's emotions change easily