noun:

• quantity or value of goods laid in

noun:

• Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

noun:

• most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable - Sumo term

noun:

• hand touching the ground resulting in direct loss - Sumo term

noun:

• freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)

noun:

• abhorrence of (living in) this impure world - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• the people being panic-stricken (in alarm) - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• life in natural setting, free from worldly cares - four character idiom

noun:

• (noise, smell, air, water) pollution in the neighborhood - four character idiom

noun:

• prewar Japanese adventurer (political activist) in mainland China - four character idiom

noun:

• house arrest; being placed in confinement at home - four character idiom

noun:

• competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against) - four character idiom

noun:

• house arrest; being placed in confinement at home - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• the whole house (assembly, audience) being in uproar - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit - four character idiom

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted - onomatopoeia

noun:

• first and final offer in labor-management negotiations - four character idiom

noun:

• slab (e.g. in metal casting, smelting, etc.)

noun:

• traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi

noun:

• thick-bordered box or table (in forms, etc.)

noun:

• shake-hands grip (in ping-pong, table tennis)

noun:

• unhittable return in tennis - From English "return ace"

noun / ~する noun:

• serious reply (response) (e.g. in 2ch threads) - abbreviation ➜ レス・まじ

noun:

• someone who battles on in difficult circumstances