noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• flux (substance mixed with a solid in order to lower its melting point); fusing agent

noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

noun:

• Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

noun:

• use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

noun:

• taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die

noun:

• pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program - From English "radio name"

noun:

• party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players

noun / ~する noun:

• reading but not responding to a text message (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

noun / ~の noun:

• right-wing (politics) Antonym: 左翼

noun:

• extreme right-wing group ➜ 右翼団体
• right wing (bird, plane, etc.)
• right field; right flank; right wing - Sports term
• right fielder - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 右翼手
• high rank; high grade; A-student

noun:

• Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama) ➜ 稲魂
• Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
• fox (said to be messengers of Inari) ➜ 狐
• fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes) ➜ 油揚げ
• inarizushi - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ いなり寿司

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hunt (animals)
• to search (for a criminal)
• to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms); to pick (berries)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think
• to lord it over; to have great influence

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to skip out on one's bar bill
• to drink oneself to ruin; to drink everything vigorously; to get wasted ➜ 飲み潰す【のみつぶす】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to run; to hurry (when going somewhere)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse)
• to win (fame) ➜ 名をはせる

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning - idiom
• to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
• to scold; to take (a person) to task

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hide; to conceal
• to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard
• to become quiet and inconspicuous

noun / ~する noun:

• surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

expression:

• being in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision - four character idiom