noun:

• make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament
• ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament - Sumo term

ichidan verb:

• to give a signed statement or an IOU

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rest or lean against

expression / noun:

• doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom

noun:

• all-or-nothing gambler; power hitter (baseball); slugger; one hit wonder (e.g. in music)

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

noun:

• cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating
• tempering

suffix noun:

• -ware

noun:

• merits (influence) of one's pious acts or religious practice

noun:

• life or death

noun:

• one thing or another; this and that; something or another

noun:

• obi cloth or material

noun:

• a disgrace or dishonor (dishonour)

noun:

• early-morning visit to a temple or shrine

adverb:

• something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• brutal or bestial act

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• loss of momentum or follow-through as a result of impact; getting knocked aside - Sports term

noun:

• festive poem or song
• congratulatory form (of waka) ➜ 六義

noun:

• witness stand or box

noun:

• prized or treasured object

noun:

• shipping or forwarding agency

expression:

• something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them - onomatopoeia
• blah blah blah; yada yada yada - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• hot water or liquid (especially that below the surface of the earth)

noun:

• soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl

expression:

• phrase used to express the uncertainty or lack of intent in what precedes it

noun:

• (holding of) a solo recital or performance