expression:

• to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to - archaism ➜ 垂んとする

noun:

• martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport - abbreviation ➜ 格闘技

noun:

• home economists in business; HEIB; home economists working in businesses (on advice, marketing, etc.)

noun:

• one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to not be harsh on someone (while awaiting a result); to give someone a chance

expression / ichidan verb:

• to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail ➜ 出る【でる】

noun / ~する noun:

• extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression
• making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings - Buddhism term
• curing illness

noun:

• ticket; token; check; receipt
• label; tag
• sign; card; plate
• playing card
• charm; talisman ➜ 守り札
• slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

noun:

• performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) ➜ 浄瑠璃

noun:

• (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired - four character idiom

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

noun:

• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) - Buddhism term
• becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience

noun:

• strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ ダブル立直【ダブルリーチ】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining
• to refresh (e.g. spirits)
• to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion) ➜ 疑いが晴れる
• to be dispelled; to be banished

noun:

• young people subsisting on part-time work; one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work - from freelance and arbeiter - abbreviation

adverb:

• just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to count on one's fingers
• to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to happen to be available; to have on hand; to have in stock

noun / ~する noun:

• spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty - colloquialism

noun:

• coiled dragon; dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky

noun:

• young people who are constantly typing on their phones with their thumbs
• people obsessed with pachinko

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to gaze at; to stare at; to focus on; to make sure of

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face [literal]

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to lurk on a forum; to read a forum without posting messages - from ロム: Read-Only Member - slang ➜ ＲＯＭ【ロム】