noun:

• supervised trading of a stock, e.g. during delisting

adverb:

• with a thud - onomatopoeia

expression:

• a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
• I've got something to ask you

expression:

• there's no such thing as a free lunch

noun:

• prize awarded for a person's effort

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school

noun:

• crime of plotting a crime; crime of preparing to commit an offense; preparation of a crime - Law term

noun:

• epigraph on a stone monument; ancient inscriptions on monuments

noun / ~する noun:

• submitting a haiku (for publication) ➜ 俳句

noun:

• fish with a human-looking face

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a person in one's service; to employ

noun:

• a fire door

noun:

• protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps)

counter:

• counter for book covers

noun:

• dismantling a (family) tomb

noun:

• contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game - four character idiom

noun:

• shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
• gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel - slang - humorous term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to surmount a difficulty; to go across a mountain ➜ 峠を越す

noun:

• gate of a village

noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to stitch up a wound

noun:

• inside a clan; same clan

noun:

• a tax in kind

noun:

• signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計