noun:

• Olympics and Paralympics - abbreviation ➜ オリンピック・パラリンピック

noun:

• Russia and Manchuria

noun:

• ladies and gentlemen - referring affectionately to close acquaintances

noun:

• fortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength
• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth ➜ 汁の餅
• mochi given to a toddler on its first birthday

expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to become worse

adjective:

• unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive; terrible

expression:

• absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit - colloquialism
• don't mention it; you're welcome

noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom

noun:

• open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase
• to buy up (all of something)

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

noun:

• open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子・明刻子

noun:

• Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

noun:

• piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun:

• bai zhi (Chinese name for angelica species Angelica dahurica); traditional Chinese cure made from the root of this plant ➜ 鎧草
• Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed) ➜ 花独活

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to step back; to move back; to retreat
• to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
• to resign; to retire; to quit
• to concede

noun:

• evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) ➜ 夕月

noun:

• card model; paper model; model car, ship, etc. made from paper, card, etc.

noun:

• bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)

expression:

• and then; after that

noun:

• months and years

noun:

• advantages and disadvantages; interest