adverb:

• determining an attitude or response according to the opponent - four character idiom

noun:

• The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching ➜ 五経

noun:

• the middle class

noun:

• singing and playing the sho

noun:

• map on the right; chart on the right ➜ 左図

expression / adverb / ~の noun:

• on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue - Sumo term

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to level the ground

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to step on; to trample down; to tread on - colloquialism ➜ 踏みつける【ふみつける】

noun:

• last day of the month - archaism ➜ 晦【つごもり】

noun:

• fiber to the x (generic term for any network architecture that uses optical fiber) (fibre); FTTx

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)

noun:

• the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors

ichidan verb / expression:

• to cross the line; to go too far - idiom

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

expression:

• on-trade

noun:

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (United Nations, 1948)

noun:

• second division of the night (approx. 9 pm to 11 pm) - archaism

noun:

• over-the-counter trading; OTC trading; off-floor trading - four character idiom

noun:

• wearing one's hair knotted in the back

noun:

• multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks
• passing something from chopstick to chopstick

noun:

• the old Kanto-area folk songs

noun:

• seventeenth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支