noun / adjectival noun:

• stubbornly sticking to old ways; narrow-mindedly rejecting other people's views - four character idiom

noun:

• practice of eating sushi or sashimi off an unclad woman's body

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment - four character idiom

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence - four character idiom ➜ 首鼠

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for ➜ 及びもつかぬ

noun:

• feeling of food or drink going down one's throat - often of beer

noun:

• being devoted; spending all one's time and energy on

noun / ~する noun:

• talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping - abbreviation - colloquialism

expression:

• one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変

interjection:

• impossible; futile - From Chinese "bugouben"

noun:

• type of children's game
• Chinese person; Chink - derogatory term - obsolete term

expression:

• of all people (expression showing surprise at a high standing person's misbehavior)

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)

noun / ~の noun:

• ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

noun:

• gold braid (e.g. on a military officer's uniform)

noun:

• sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

expression / adverb:

• without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to

noun:

• thrusting down one's opponent either inside or outside the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward) - Sumo term

expression:

• It's not much, but...; phrase used when giving gifts - polite language

noun:

• large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) ➜ 六体

noun:

• boot camp for new recruits (conducted by Japan's Self-Defence Force)

noun:

• mercy killing (euthanasia performed to end someone's suffering, but without consent) ➜ 安楽死

noun:

• small block of wood used to clean one's buttocks after defecating