noun:

• series of articulated plates attached to the back and sides of a Japanese helmet ➜ 兜

noun:

• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) - obscure term ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow

noun:

• outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench

expression:

• come!; imperative form of the verb "kuru" ("to come"), expressing a command or strong request ➜ 来る【くる】

noun:

• taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入

noun:

• gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

noun:

• Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth; flag of the Republic of China

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to divert (e.g. one's attention); to evade (e.g a question); to change (e.g. the subject)
• to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset - usu. in negative form
• to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

noun:

• a snipe and a clam; a snipe and a mussel ➜ 鷸蚌の争い

godan ~う verb:

• to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled - esp. 叶う
• to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to conform to (standards, rules, etc.); to be consistent with - esp. 適う ➜ 道理に適う
• to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. the heat) - esp. 敵う, usu. with neg. verb

expression:

• the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

expression:

• the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux - from the Roman saying, in reference to Constantinople - proverb

adverb:

• not in the least; not at all; not a bit - before a negative

expression / ichidan verb:

• to approach the finale; to come to a close

noun:

• New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

noun:

• salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - abbreviation ➜ 塩釜焼き
• candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to break into (a house to kill the master); to raid

~する verb (spec.):

• to exile; to banish
• to revise the wording of a phrase

adverb:

• on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; happily; peacefully

~する noun:

• to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
• to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
• to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge

noun:

• actual state (of things); real state; actual condition; real condition; actual scene

~の noun:

• live; on-the-scene

noun / ~する noun:

• reporting live; live coverage; live broadcasting - abbreviation ➜ 実況放送

noun:

• street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head