noun / ~する noun:

• weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window)
• putting on eyeliner (in theatre) ［目張り］

noun:

• clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)

noun / ~する noun:

• beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

noun / ~する noun:

• pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

noun / ~する noun:

• icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); ice accretion
• landing (a jump in ice skating) - Sports term

noun:

• words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts

noun:

• according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough - four character idiom

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• pip (spot on a die)
• small cube (esp. of food); die; dice

expression:

• yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours - female language

noun:

• road-rail vehicle (vehicle which can travel both on railroad tracks and normal roads)

noun:

• chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day - obscure term

noun:

• lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.

noun:

• words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts ➜ 放送禁止用語

noun:

• second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to depend on somebody else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents') ➜ 親のすねをかじる

noun:

• loading goods on a truck - From English "vanning"
• remodelling a station wagon, light van, etc.

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
• to be omitted; to be missing
• to decrease; to sink
• to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
• to become indecent (of a conversation)
• to be ruined; to go under
• to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
• to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
• to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
• to swoon (judo)
• to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
• to crash; to freeze - IT term
• to die - of animals
• to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold

noun:

• school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period; shingeki; new-drama (movement)

noun:

• Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE) ［ないだいじん］
• Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE)

noun:

• being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different)

expression:

• Very sincerely yours ➜ 不一

~の noun / noun:

• peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face