noun:

• hot flash; rush of blood to the head

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

ichidan verb:

• to run out (e.g. of the room)

noun:

• not up with the times; out of touch

noun:

• kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana ➜ 振り仮名【ふりがな】

noun:

• manga on the theme of male homosexual love - from ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし. Sometimes 矢追.

noun:

• form of modern martial art using the bayonet

noun:

• railroading an opponent straight out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• gathering dark clouds; being under the shadow of - four character idiom

noun:

• the principle of honorable death and no surrender - four character idiom

noun:

• trouble caused by a slip of the tongue

noun:

• at the height (peak) of one's popularity - four character idiom

noun:

• shops on the first floor of a hotel - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• outlined; lacking content
• getting rid of the middleman

noun:

• traditional textile of the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa

noun:

• excess of fold beyond the stitching seam

noun:

• var. of puppet popular in the Edo period

noun:

• (time limit imposed by the) statute of limitations

noun:

• member of the Imperial family; royalty - four character idiom
• beautiful clouds

noun:

• growing tired of the social network mixi - colloquialism

noun:

• the edge (overlapping) part of a tatami mat

noun:

• collusive bidding at the initiative of government agencies

adverb / ~と adverb:

• thump; thud (sound representing the footfalls of something heavy) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• rivalry for the heart of a woman

noun:

• bacteremia; bacteraemia (presence of bacteria in the blood)