noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

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

adjectival noun:

• of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads ➜ 浪花節

noun:

• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

noun:

• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) - Buddhism term ➜ 涅槃会

noun:

• Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm ➜ 太政大臣

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to desire; to wish; to hope
• to beg; to request; to implore; to pray

auxiliary verb:

• to have something done for oneself

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw near; to draw closer
• to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

noun:

• being too clever (for one's own good); getting done in by one's own cleverness

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.)
• to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

noun:

• contact information (for inquiries) (e.g. corporate phone number)
• reference (e.g. personal reference)

noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that ➜ それなのに

expression:

• once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop [literal] - proverb

noun:

• suede; leather using the underside of the skin ➜ スエード
• piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.

noun:

• cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.; nuptial cup of sake

noun:

• thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something

noun:

• drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice ➜ 稲掛け

noun:

• figure; design
• twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes ［綾］
• style (of writing); figure (of speech)
• design; plot; plan
• minor market fluctuation; technical correction
• cat's cradle - abbreviation ➜ 綾取り【あやとり】
• lease rod (in a loom) - abbreviation ➜ 綾竹

noun:

• Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen)

noun:

• male chorus; male-voice choir; chorus for male voices

noun:

• sash roller; door roller; roller for a sliding door