noun:

• rule allowing the clear winner of a bout to touch down first to avoid injury - Sumo term

noun:

• sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument - four character idiom

noun:

• sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument - four character idiom

expression:

• It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to return (something); to restore; to put back - esp. 返す ➜ 帰す【かえす】
• to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
• to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate - esp. 返す

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to repeat ...; to do ... back - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

adverb:

• soon; before long; in a short time
• lacking time to ...; without time to ... - after verb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
• to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.)

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to start ...; to begin to ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 為始める

adjectival noun / noun:

• no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
• hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
• cannot; must not; not allowed

noun:

• neutral point (in go); intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game

noun:

• daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

noun:

• drumming at the end of the day of wrestling inviting spectators to return tomorrow - Sumo term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to defend
• to hold at bay; to stem; to check

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dispatch; to make run
• to drive; to gallop; to sail
• to run (a program)
• to rout; to put to flight

godan ~す verb:

• to excuse oneself; to take one's leave ➜ 辞する
• to quit; to resign; to retire; to leave post
• to decline; to turn down
• to not hesitate - adjectivally as 〜を辞さず, etc.

noun:

• lecturer on demand; guest speaker on demand - four character idiom

noun:

• ambulacral zone (on echinoderms); ambulacrum (on echinoderms)

noun:

• water to add to packaged noodles (provided in a separate packet); softening water [literal]; loosening water [literal] ➜ 解す【ほぐす】

noun:

• reporter posted to another location (city, country, etc.); reporter on assignment

suffix:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.

noun:

• stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers) - esp. 重石 - abbreviation ➜ 重し石
• weight (as used in balances)

suffix noun:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc. ➜ っ放し

noun:

• one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

particle:

• too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
• both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) - as ＡもＢも
• even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than - used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.
• even if; even though; although; in spite of - often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.

adverb:

• further; more; again; another; the other - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ もう

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up ➜ 止める【やめる】