noun:

• coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito

noun:

• the whole world; south of the Big Dipper - archaism

noun:

• something of the same size
• the said university - abbr. of 同大学

noun:

• The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

noun:

• bales forming the outer rim of the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue - Sumo term

noun:

• the barbarians beyond the borders of old China - four character idiom

noun:

• the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles - four character idiom

noun:

• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

noun / ~の noun:

• plantigrade (walking on the soles of the feet)

noun:

• hades; realm of the dead; the next world ➜ 黄泉【よみ】・黄泉の国

noun:

• light heat at the beginning of the summer

noun:

• sideburns; hair at the sides of the head ➜ 双鬢

noun:

• underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor

noun:

• sulcus; groove in the surface of the brain

noun:

• flat part on the top of the cranium

noun:

• drumming in the streets to announce a tournament - Sumo term
• announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets

noun:

• screw
• key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to cast a shadow; to appear
• to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

expression:

• would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

noun / ~する noun:

• realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition - four character idiom

noun:

• salted entrails of a sea cucumber; salted entrails of a trepang ➜ 海鼠【こ】

noun:

• head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent

godan ~う verb:

• to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled - esp. 叶う
• to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to conform to (standards, rules, etc.); to be consistent with - esp. 適う ➜ 道理に適う
• to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. the heat) - esp. 敵う, usu. with neg. verb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pin down; to hold down; to press down - also written as 圧さえる
• to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
• to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
• to grasp (a point); to comprehend
• to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain ➜ 抑える【おさえる】