adverb:

• in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly; on the whole; by and large

noun:

• gist; point; main idea

expression / noun:

• by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment - four character idiom

noun:

• traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies)

noun:

• photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends - abbreviation - From English "print club"

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun:

• postcards associated with Respect-for-the-Aged Day, and sold every year starting in September - From English "heart mail"

noun:

• one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for the communist mainland and capitalist areas such as Hong Kong)

noun:

• Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))

noun:

• Randall's pygmy goby (Trimma randalli, species in Palau and the Philippines)

noun:

• school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pluck (e.g. a fruit, a leaf); to pick; to tear off (e.g. a ticket stub, a branch from a tree)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands)
• to throw into (e.g. jail)
• to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into; to drill into

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body - Martial Arts term ➜ 当て身【あてみ】

noun:

• holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)

noun / ~する noun:

• prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning

noun / ~する noun:

• praising Buddha; sermon - Buddhism term
• praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness) - Buddhism term ➜ 五念門
• style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc. - Buddhism term
• rumor; rumour; hearsay - archaism

noun:

• goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
• fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff ➜ ぱちもの

noun:

• highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road
• highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) ➜ 出世街道【しゅっせかいどう】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to catch 'the stupid' (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

noun:

• winter daylight; winter sunlight - obscure term
• trying to make the most of each day; devoting oneself to one's parents - obscure term

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to - emphatic version of あっての ➜ あっての・こそ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]