noun:

• wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• physically exceptional wrestler promoted straight to champion rank during Edo period - Sumo term

noun:

• a square sun (i.e. approx 9sq. cm.) ➜ 寸
• one's mind; space occupied by one's heart

noun:

• whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture) ➜ 海老責め・石抱き・鞭打ち

noun:

• tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.

expression:

• A smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman - four character idiom

noun:

• "large eyes" look (makeup technique)

noun:

• muography (imaging technique); muon tomography ➜ ミュー粒子

noun:

• plan of a house; arrangement of rooms; list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area)

noun:

• shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

noun / ~する noun:

• landing; unloading (e.g. a ship) ➜ 陸揚げ

noun:

• catch (of fish); takings ➜ 漁獲量
• sales (of a shop) ➜ 売上高

noun / ~する noun:

• defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
• preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)

noun:

• art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

noun:

• volleyball - abbreviation ➜ バレーボール
• valley ➜ 谷
• ballet ➜ バレエ
• barré (chord in guitar technique) - Music term ➜ セーハ

noun:

• coach announcing the winner and winning technique - Sumo term

noun:

• kick step (mountaineering technique)

expression:

• nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)

noun:

• middle volume (in set); volume two (of three) ➜ 上巻・下巻

adjective:

• able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit - Martial Arts term
• able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher)
• resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity

adjective:

• painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
• tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) ➜ 辛い【づらい】
• cruel; harsh; cold

noun:

• the third day of the month
• three days

noun:

• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term ➜ 付出し

noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream) - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in
• to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to smash
• to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades) ➜ 撃ち込む
• to input (data); to enter
• to devote oneself to; to go heart and soul into; to throw oneself into; to go head over heels for
• to practice hitting (baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term
• to hit (an opponent in kendo, boxing, etc.); to get a blow in - Martial Arts term
• to invade one's opponent's territory (in the game of go); to place a stone in an opponent's formation
• to pour (concrete, etc.) into a form

noun:

• telegony; influence of a previous sire on the offspring of a female with a later sire (discredited theory of heredity)

noun:

• three-legged race - four character idiom
• cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem