noun:

• retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)

noun:

• breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel

noun:

• art of using a naginata (halberd)

noun:

• prefectural flower; floral emblem for a prefecture

adverb:

• thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight) - onomatopoeia

pre-noun adjectival:

• impulsive; unexpected; accidental; casual; inadvertent; on a whim

noun:

• linking together; tying in a row - often as 数珠繋ぎになる

noun:

• managing director; president of a company (US)

godan ~る verb:

• to release (e.g. a film)

noun:

• string (of a shamisen, etc.) ➜ 弦【げん】
• stringed instrument

noun / ~の noun:

• syrinx (part of a bird); lower larynx

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• including (in a package); packing together with

expression / noun:

• mental characteristics expected of a grand champion - Sumo term

noun:

• hairdressing of a wrestler's top-knot - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestler's belt used in a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• head of a martial arts organization (organisation)

noun:

• placing a meal in front of one

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• cutting a fine (dashing, gallant, noble) figure - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• clear weather after a typhoon has passed - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• shouting in a thunderous voice; blustering out - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• widely-read with a remarkable retentive memory - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dusky; somber light of a gathering dusk - four character idiom

expression:

• "There is a huge markup in medicines." - four character idiom

noun:

• trifling (fight); (a conflict) between small countries - four character idiom