noun / ~する noun:

• locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• fierce, close-fought competition

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this; this and that

noun:

• biographical notes and character sketches of prominent individuals, arranged according to place of birth or origin

noun:

• period of the northern and southern dynasties (in China, 5th-6th c. CE in Japan, 1336-92)

noun:

• winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

noun:

• six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning) - Buddhism term

adverb:

• suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove) - onomatopoeia
• in a single gulp; in one go - onomatopoeia

noun:

• great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters - Shintō term ➜ 大嘗祭【だいじょうさい】

noun:

• on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)

noun:

• arm-barring force out; locking arms around an opponent and pushing him out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• large ginkgo tree
• ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - Sumo term

noun:

• new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

expression:

• riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one - idiom

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) - abbreviation ➜ 漫画喫茶

noun:

• Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures (all administrative divisions of Japan except Tokyo-to)

expression:

• baby-making machine (famously used by Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Yanagisawa Hakuo to refer to women)

noun:

• LOHAS; Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability; market segment made up of ecologically conscious consumers

noun:

• daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus, species of requiem shark found in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil)

noun:

• yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens, species of asian carnivorous monitor lizard found in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh)

noun:

• roofed path (lacking walls) connecting the main residence and the side houses (in traditional palatial architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• Reaganomics; economic policies of Ronald Reagan (i.e. reduction of taxes, spending, and market regulation)

expression:

• third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - colloquialism

noun:

• Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939); German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact