expression:

• hold on; go for it; keep at it; do your best ➜ 頑張る

noun:

• advanced juvenile training school; special reformatory; juvenile hall for grave offenders

noun:

• advanced juvenile training school; special reformatory; juvenile hall for grave offenders - slang - abbreviation ➜ 特別少年院

noun:

• vintage awamori; awamori aged in cask for at least three years - sometimes written 古酒 ➜ 泡盛【あわもり】・古酒【こしゅ】

noun / ~する noun:

• considering the pros and cons of; examining arguments for and against

noun:

• Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food

noun:

• Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food ➜ 食糧法

noun:

• lunch monitor; student responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else ➜ 見違える【みちがえる】

noun:

• supportive device (for the disabled, e.g. prosthetic limb); assistive device

noun:

• for work; work-related

noun:

• men's; for men

noun:

• fruit - archaism

suffix / counter:

• counter for fruit

~の noun:

• agricultural; for agricultural use

noun / suffix noun:

• pattern; design

noun:

• body build; figure; physique

noun / suffix noun:

• essential qualities; character; nature

suffix noun:

• appropriate to; fitting of; suitable for

noun:

• row; line; file; column; queue; rank; procession
• company (of someone); group; ranks
• sequence - Mathematics term

counter:

• counter for rows

noun / ~する noun:

• stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; marking time (for a soldier)
• standstill; stalemate

noun:

• grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags - abbreviation ➜ 米刺し
• sashimi (sliced raw fish) - abbreviation ➜ 刺身
• stabbing; piercing; pricking ➜ 刺す・刺す

adverb / noun:

• regularly; promptly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• sound of clashing swords - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Manchu queue ➜ 辮髪
• padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest (often for children) ➜ ちゃんちゃんこ

noun:

• unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious ➜ 六曜

noun:

• hanger (e.g. for mosquito net); hanging strap - usu. 吊り手
• fisherman; angler - usu. 釣り手
• lifting hand (judo) ［釣り手］ - Martial Arts term

noun / ~の noun:

• failure; defective article; dead loss; botch

noun:

• good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

expression / adjective:

• good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; social; positive
• uplifting; upbeat

expression:

• Out of Asia and Into Europe (slogan calling for Japan to align itself with the West) - four character idiom

expression:

• having thought for neither gain nor greed; only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)