noun / ~する noun:

• matter personally decided by the emperor

noun / ~する noun:

• victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

interjection:

• phrase shouted by a referee when both rikishi have stopped moving - Sumo term

expression:

• variant of "de arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period ➜ ありんす

noun:

• formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono

noun:

• era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi - Sumo term

expression / adverb:

• by day and night; day and night; round the clock

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound
• to understand; to be reasonable

noun:

• non-allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis brought about by a sudden change in temperature - Medicine term

godan ~う verb:

• to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon

noun:

• persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story ➜ 泣き落とす

noun:

• neurosis brought about by external trauma; traumatic neurosis; accident neurosis

noun:

• administration by close advisers; kitchen cabinet - four character idiom

~の noun / noun / ~する noun:

• made by oneself; homemade

noun:

• worn haggard by household cares

noun:

• one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin - four character idiom

noun:

• warming one's crotch by standing over a hibachi

noun:

• rebaptism by immersion

noun:

• small high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes ➜ 太鼓

noun:

• a series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha

noun:

• bottle of whiskey (whisky) that a bar customer buys, writes his name on, keeps on a shelf at the bar, and drinks little by little on successive visits - From English "keep bottle"

noun:

• (belief in the desirability of) education by rote learning

noun:

• tree swayed by the wind - obscure term

noun:

• first stools passed by a newborn baby; meconium ➜ 胎便

expression:

• having done ... by mistake; having messed up ... - after the -te form of a verb - Ōsaka dialect ➜ しまう