noun:

• method of dealing or coping with stress

noun / ~の noun:

• suspicion of having (or to be making) nuclear weapons

noun:

• harsh criticism
• something worthless or of little value

noun:

• alliance of two countries or more under one ruler

noun / ~する noun:

• downgrading; demotion; degradation; lowering of position (or rank, etc.) Antonym: 昇級

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family) ➜ 嫁ぐ【とつぐ】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• going along with something; following the crowd
• treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

noun:

• V-sign; hand gesture similar to the peace sign, representing victory or happiness

noun:

• agreement used to prevent unauthorized or faked divorce by couples in Japan in the future

expression:

• capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線【いいせん】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
• to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
• to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
• to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
• to be satisfying - often as 冴えない ➜ 冴えない
• to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned

noun:

• format (esp. of publication, e.g. A5, B4, etc.) ［判型］
• size of a sheet of paper used for ukiyoe

noun:

• Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

noun:

• Odontaspididae; family of four species in two genera of lamniform sand sharks, also known as sand tiger sharks or ragged tooth sharks

noun:

• ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• gudgeon (any fish of genus Gnathopogon or related genera)
• willow gudgeon (Gnathopogon caerulescens) ➜ 本諸子
• longtooth grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus bruneus) ➜ 九絵

ichidan verb:

• to bind together (e.g. the pages of a book); to sew up; to tape together; to stitch together

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく ➜ クッションワード

noun:

• mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

noun / ~する noun:

• skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky

noun:

• woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women

noun:

• a number so great it can never be counted to - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "asamkhya"

numeric:

• 10^56 (or 10^64)