noun:

• equivalency; equivalency property

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

noun:

• making a living in the red-light district - four character idiom

noun:

• pupil contraction Antonym: 瞳孔散大

noun:

• homologous series

noun / ~の noun:

• love of animals; animal loving

adverb:

• sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder - onomatopoeia

noun:

• exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict; war - colloquialism

noun:

• class reunion

noun:

• Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 山帰来

noun:

• wrestler's active career - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison ➜ 一服を盛る

expression:

• which person; who (you are) - emphatic, often interrog.

noun:

• movable pulley

noun / ~する noun:

• taking the same car or train

adjectival noun:

• dogmatic; arbitrary - IT term

noun:

• video hosting service - IT term

noun / ~の noun:

• earth pressure

noun:

• very bad condition; awful state; terrible situation; in the shit - usu. as どつぼにはまる ➜ どつぼにはまる
• night-soil reservoir dug in a field ➜ 野壺【のつぼ】
• night-soil pot - orig. meaning
• earthenware vessel; earthen urn - obscure term

noun:

• similar color; similar colour

noun:

• either; one (of the two) - どっちか is more colloquial

noun:

• road sign; signpost

adverb:

• on the same day ➜ 今日中に【きょうじゅうに】

noun:

• self-satisfied look; triumphant look; shit-eating grin - colloquialism

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick [literal] - obscure term - idiom

noun:

• ditch with running water; drainage channel