noun:

• processing trade (importing all or part of raw and auxiliary materials, parts, components, accessories, and packaging materials in bond from a foreign company, and re-exporting the finished products after processing or assembly for distribution and sale by that foreign company)

noun:

• the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate [literal]
• weak point; Achilles' heel

noun:

• the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat) - four character idiom

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey ➜ 煙管乗車

noun:

• motor cortex (area of the brain just anterior to the central sulcus responsible for controlling voluntary muscle activity)

noun:

• Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term

noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water - From English "mask clear" ➜ マスクブロー

noun:

• regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court) - archaism
• Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• covered bridge passageway connecting the backstage (mirror room) to the noh stage

noun:

• shooting from the hip
• starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) - idiom

noun:

• bedding; bed - archaism ➜ 枕席

noun / ~する noun:

• to sleep together in the same bed - archaism
• to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow - archaism
• to sleep together using books as a pillow - archaism

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium
• to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
• to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
• to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

expression:

• in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb

noun:

• simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a line; to stand in a row
• to be equal

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

noun / ~の noun:

• district; region; area; locality
• the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area Antonym: 中央【ちゅうおう】

noun:

• foundation; base; basis

adverb:

• from the beginning; from the outset; by nature - often in negative contexts ➜ 元々