noun:

• standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; knee-hider [literal]

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

expression / noun:

• regression toward the mean; regression to the mean - Mathematics term

noun:

• loss on sale

noun / ~する noun:

• writing with the brush in one's mouth

noun:

• foreword; preface
• affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)

noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to advance the date (of)

noun:

• three people on the same vehicle (usu. bike)

noun:

• the eighteen arhats - Buddhism term

noun:

• humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• parking on the street; curbside parking; kerbside parking; unauthorized parking outdoors

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye
• to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

noun:

• Commentary on the Kojiki (by Motoori Norinaga, 1798) ➜ 古事記

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the form (of); to assume a shape

noun:

• air duct

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

expression:

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

noun:

• person on top of the income scale; top earner ➜ 低所得者

expression / ichidan verb:

• to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it ➜ 度を越す

noun:

• inside the garden

noun:

• an enemy of the court; traitor

noun:

• the Red Peril

godan ~る verb:

• to divide the spoils; to receive a share

noun / ~する noun:

• washing the eyes

expression / ichidan verb:

• to discuss in the same terms; to treat equally