expression / ichidan verb:

• to put to trial; to argue in court

noun:

• Ctenopoma; genus of freshwater climbing gouramies with terrestrial locomotion ability in the family Anabantidae

noun:

• dedicated device; apparatus for exclusive use

noun:

• wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) ➜ 袈裟
• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder ➜ 袈裟切り

noun:

• natural or man-made feature or object on the earth's surface (trees, hill, river, road, building, etc.); object or structure important in a battle, esp. for concealment

noun:

• being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one - four character idiom

noun:

• gachuck; device for applying small, clip-style paper fasteners

expression:

• red-handed; in flagrante delicto

adjectival noun:

• beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life ➜ 身分相応・分不相応

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures ➜ 覗き機関【のぞきからくり】
• water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater ➜ 箱眼鏡【はこめがね】

noun:

• survivability; military term for the ability to withstand an attack and continue to function

ichidan verb:

• to accuse; to rise up in judgment against (judgement)

noun:

• Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes; boned pork rib meat, cut into 5 cm squares, stewed in awamori, soy, dashi broth, and sugar - Ryūkyū dialect - Food term

noun:

• storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes - abbreviation ➜ コンティニュイティ

noun:

• French paradox; paradox of relatively high health levels in France despite smoking, consumption of alcohol, meat, etc.

noun:

• theism; belief in existence of a god or gods

expression:

• no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all ➜ なんてったって

noun:

• Heptranchias; genus of cow shark in the family Hexanchidae containing the sharpnose seven-gill shark as its only member

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term

noun:

• leatherman; conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding - From English "hard gay"

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be enigmatic or puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery

noun:

• Hakata cloth; a fabric made in Hakata

noun:

• service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.) - four character idiom

temporal noun:

• now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner - proverb ➜ 罪を憎んで人を憎まず【つみをにくんでひとをにくまず】