noun:

• mashing of steamed rice, mold and water with wooden poles in traditional sake making

noun:

• direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 依報

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take off; to jump; to leap
• to take the plunge; to decide; to embark on; to venture into; to launch out into
• to step out of the ring - Sumo term

expression:

• the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

expression:

• the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux - from the Roman saying, in reference to Constantinople - proverb

adjective:

• low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) Antonym: 高い・高い
• low (position); close to the ground
• short (height)
• deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

expression:

• in public; in company

expression:

• in response; in concert

noun:

• wrapping something in a bamboo mat
• wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)

noun:

• rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water
• pumice stone

noun:

• ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

noun / ~する noun:

• attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work; reporting for work ➜ 退勤

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• natural disaster reduction; reduction of the effects of a natural disaster

conjunction:

• in addition; furthermore
• above (which); on top of (which)

noun:

• (loaf of) bread; bread in a rectangular shape

noun:

• charge (of something); matter in one's charge ➜ 担当

noun:

• eleven
• team (of eleven players; esp. in soccer)

noun:

• taking a lead in (doing); setting an example of (doing) - four character idiom

noun:

• name of a note in a movable do solfège system - Music term

noun:

• spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work - four character idiom