noun:

• area on the convex side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago ➜ 内帯
• area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本外帯

noun:

• first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring

noun / ~する noun:

• shoulder massage (performed by tapotement)
• tap on the shoulder (request to resign)

noun:

• back to back
• discord; feud
• opposite sides of the same coin

noun:

• stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice

noun:

• warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

noun:

• grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2 - Sumo term

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

noun:

• tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

noun:

• half-assed gyaru; young woman who partially adheres to the gyaru fashion trend - from 中途半端 and ギャル - abbreviation - slang ➜ ギャル

noun:

• attaching (of seaweed or seed oysters) to nets for the purpose of cultivation

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun / ~する noun:

• involving the audience (by talking to them, bringing them on stage, etc.)

expression / ~よい adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

adjective:

• bad; poor; inferior
• evil; sinful
• unprofitable; unbeneficial
• at fault; to blame; in the wrong
• sorry

suffix:

• Lord; Sir ［きょう］ - honorific language

noun:

• state minister (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

pronoun:

• you (in reference to someone of lower status) ［けい］ - archaism - male language - honorific language

noun:

• infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis

noun:

• surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another); superficies

noun:

• the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 易行道

noun:

• player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known

noun:

• red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major) - colloquialism
• fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations - Sumo, Food term

noun:

• being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave - four character idiom