noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game

noun / ~する noun:

• setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival)

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~する noun:

• opening a branch office; opening a store

noun:

• sprout of a plant shooting from under the soil

noun:

• wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

noun:

• interrupting a game; time out - poss. reversal of 待った - children's language ➜ タイム

noun:

• ending a sentence with a noun ➜ 体言止め

godan ~す verb:

• to throw a person down

suffix noun:

• a little over; a little more than
• powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful

noun:

• edge of a gabled roof; verge - Architecture term

noun:

• maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately - Martial Arts term

noun:

• Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryo period)
• alias; pseudonym ［からな］ - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to graduate from a university

expression:

• just as it is reassuring to have a companion when traveling, it is important for us to care for each other as we pass through this life

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• reverse side of a paper
• reading between the lines - abbreviation ➜ 眼光紙背【がんこうしはい】

expression:

• as a child; when one was a child

noun:

• grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• rumor of a romance (rumour)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fly a pigeon

noun:

• opportunity to continue a conversation - obscure term ➜ 接ぎ穂

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back [literal] ➜ 鴨鍋

noun:

• concession held by a single nation (in China) ➜ 共同租界

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly break with a snap; to suddenly get cut off
• to snap; to become furious