noun:

• fish served whole (complete with head and tail)

noun:

• luck, steadfastness and patience (the three keys to achieving success)

noun:

• lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

noun:

• first proponent; initiator and advocate (e.g. of a theory)

noun:

• the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains - four character idiom - Buddhism term
• a series of disasters

noun:

• fire lit at a gate for funerals, weddings and Obon

noun / ~する noun:

• loading and unloading

noun:

• vinegared rice and sliced raw tuna wrapped in seaweed

noun:

• mud and tile wall topped with tiles

noun / ~する noun:

• (of a couple) fighting and splitting up

noun:

• Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

noun:

• red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals

noun:

• rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients

noun:

• background chatter on a soundtrack
• extra (actor)
• (and) many others ➜ その他大勢

noun:

• starting up and developing a business - From English "business produce"

noun:

• scoring position, with runners on second and-or third base - Baseball term

noun:

• dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar - Food term

expression:

• Japan and Korea as one (slogan from 1910-1945)

noun:

• cold desert; tundra

noun or verb acting prenominally / noun:

• sharp and sarcastic without ever acting lovestruck - manga slang ➜ つんでれ・つんつん

adverb:

• root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

adverb:

• suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• functionary charged with training and organizing young wrestlers - Sumo term

suffix:

• honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - honorific language - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 関取

noun:

• walking with bent knees to strengthen thighs and improve balance - Sumo term

noun:

• era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado - Sumo term ➜ 柏鵬時代