noun:

• the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold - proverb ➜ 春宵一刻

noun:

• middle of a body of water (e.g. a lake, a river)

noun:

• expression of one's feelings; pouring out one's heart - four character idiom

noun:

• forbidden move (sumo, shogi, go, etc.); prohibited move; foul

noun:

• winning technique where the opponent is lifted out by his belt - Sumo term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal)
• to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

noun:

• root (of a plant)
• root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
• root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
• one's true nature
• (fishing) reef

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal

noun:

• top of a flight of stairs; exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

noun:

• ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions - Sumo term

noun:

• children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle ➜ 押し競べ【おしくらべ】

noun:

• Shuhari; three stages of learning mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, parting with traditional wisdom - Martial Arts term

noun:

• (a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

noun / adjectival noun:

• pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique

noun:

• go-getter; resourceful person; wizard; virtuoso

noun:

• posture in which the legs are firmly planted (in sumo and judo) - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun:

• Three Mountains of Yamato (Mt. Miminashi, Mt. Kagu, and Mt. Unebi) ➜ 大和

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire - abbreviation ➜ 火事場泥棒
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime