noun:

• game brain; dementia caused by overuse of electronic games

noun:

• Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing

noun:

• kakistocracy; government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens

noun:

• standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews - abbreviation - From English "recruit suit" ➜ リクルートスーツ

~の noun / noun:

• best; extra-fine; superfine; unequalled ➜ 飛び切り【とびきり】

adverbial noun:

• exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far ➜ 飛び切り【とびきり】

noun:

• being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place - four character idiom

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") - れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb ➜ 迷惑の受身【めいわくのうけみ】
• indicates the potential form - no imperative form
• indicates spontaneous occurrence - no imperative form
• used as an honorific for others' actions - no imperative form - honorific language

noun:

• person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

noun:

• dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

adverbial noun / noun:

• in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst

expression:

• in any case; in either case; whichever the case may be

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove

godan ~う verb:

• to co-operate (in enterprises); to hold in common; to share - archaism

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to fold in; to bear deep in mind; to follow up

noun:

• distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost - Baseball term

noun:

• plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath - obscure term

noun:

• assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)
• older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者

expression / adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

suffix noun:

• pupil in ... year; student in ... year

particle:

• for (in regard to); in order to ➜ に・は

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to show in; to usher in

noun / ~する noun:

• death in jail; death in gaol

noun:

• in the town; in the street

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to shut in; to lock in