expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

noun:

• accident at a nuclear power generation plant; nuclear accident

noun:

• someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu snail - pun on かたつむり - colloquialism ➜ こたつ

noun:

• display of a champion in the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

expression:

• along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money - slang - abbreviation ➜ 鴨がねぎを背負って来る
• double stroke of good luck; Perfect timing!; How convenient (for you to show up)!

noun:

• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)

noun:

• king who is a father

noun:

• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - Food term

expression:

• (wearing) nothing but a pair of underpants

noun:

• regular respondent to a periodical or radio program - slang

noun:

• thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 孟母三遷の教え【もうぼさんせんのおしえ】

noun:

• worker with a fixed term contract of employment

noun:

• copy of a registration certificate; certified copy of register

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege ➜ 約束を破る

noun:

• sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

• feeling chilly after taking a bath

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about

noun:

• joined block construction of a statue

adjective:

• being a bad drunk ➜ 酒癖が悪い

noun / ~たる adjective:

• chirping of a small bird

noun:

• a certain publication

expression:

• a single mistake can ruin all one's hard work; one blunder can render useless a long period of effort; one fart in a hundred days' sermons [literal] - proverb

expression:

• a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost [literal] - proverb