noun:

• using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• the art of war; martial arts; military arts - archaism
• military force; the sword
• valor; bravery
• military officer; military man

noun:

• area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend - Sports term
• (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge
• one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

noun:

• mirror - archaism - obscure term
• Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 八咫鏡

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

noun / ~する noun:

• sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways ［よこばい］

noun:

• leafhopper (insect); jassid - usually written using kana alone
• sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
• levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
• to notice; to feel
• to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
• to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure)
• to experience; to go through; to learn
• to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know
• to concern

noun:

• turning evil into good through indoctrination; following the teachings of Buddha to turn the world's evil into good - Buddhism term

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo incidents; string of incidents, crimes, etc. committed by the Aum Shinrikyo religious group in the 1980s

noun:

• third month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term
• thick growth (of grass, etc.) ［いやおい］ - archaism
• Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE)

noun:

• man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman
• person of high rank
• the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo) ➜ 四君子

noun:

• passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

noun:

• phala (attained state, result) - Buddhism term ➜ 因
• enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term ➜ 悟り
• fruit ➜ 果物

counter:

• counter for pieces of fruit

expression / noun:

• group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies

noun:

• performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing a club (at a school, college, etc.); establishing a division (in a company)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish

noun:

• rock (in rock, paper, scissors game) ➜ じゃん拳・グー

adverb / noun:

• sound made through constricted throat - onomatopoeia ➜ ぐうの音も出ない
• sound made in suffering or under adversity - onomatopoeia

noun:

• freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)

noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• targetting; aiming at a specific target; pinpointing

noun / ~する noun:

• selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches - Baseball term
• having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

noun:

• last guest (tea ceremony); third guest of honour (honor); guest who sits in the seat furthest from the host and assists in various ways ➜ 詰め【つめ】・次客【じきゃく】・正客【しょうきゃく】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom