adverb / ~と adverb:

• falling down; lacking the energy to stand; collapsing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• reward; present; gift; offering to the gods - archaism

expression / noun:

• the king of fruits (ref. to durian) ➜ ドリアン

expression:

• no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ... - as 〜はどうあれ ➜ どうであれ

noun:

• pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines ➜ 熊野三社

noun:

• pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines ➜ 熊野詣で

ichidan verb / auxiliary verb:

• to do for (the sake of someone else) - from ..て and 上げる - colloquialism

expression:

• sometimes the best gain is to lose - proverb

expression:

• eat moderately to avoid the doctor

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• something cold (esp. a body)
• something used to cool one's stomach

noun:

• eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii) ➜ 強飯・姫飯
• first intercourse of the New Year
• loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead - slang

noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request

noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request ➜ 臨時国会

expression:

• room to breathe (usually in the negative as "no room to breathe") ➜ 立錐の余地もない

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit ➜ 土壺【どつぼ】

expression / noun:

• how to get along in the world; how to get on in life; how to swim [literal] ➜ 遊泳【ゆうえい】

expression / adjective:

• lazy; indolent; reluctant to get up off one's backside
• clumsy

noun:

• maneuver to shake, flick, or wipe blood off of a sword - Martial Arts term

noun:

• uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court) ➜ 氏【うじ】・姓【かばね】

noun:

• lucky day but not in the morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided (judgement) ➜ 六曜

noun:

• form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap

noun:

• woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties

noun:

• lido; area on a cruise ship having the main outdoor swimming pool and sunbathing area

expression / noun:

• lost twenty years [literal]
• period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s