noun:

• language game in which extra syllables are added to words - e.g. やきもち→やしきしもしちし

noun:

• person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

noun:

• people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese

adverb:

• in one voice

noun:

• tie-in; package deal

noun / ~する noun:

• singing in parts

noun:

• Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building

noun / ~する noun:

• ill in bed

noun:

• in person; personally; (do) oneself

noun:

• holding one's chopsticks in one's mouth (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• prostitute working in clandestine brothel (Edo period) ➜ 暗屋

expression / godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

expression:

• in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)

noun:

• one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men - four character idiom

noun:

• make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament
• ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament - Sumo term

expression:

• idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances - Buddhism term ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

noun:

• life in a dormitory; dormitory life

~の noun / noun:

• Tokyo-bound

noun:

• built-in command - IT term

noun:

• scraps of food, batter, etc. remaining in deep-frying oil ➜ 天かす

noun:

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

adverb:

• in all; all told

noun / ~の noun:

• peerless (unparalleled, matchless, unequaled) in the country - four character idiom

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

expression / adverb:

• in the same breath; hardly had the words been said ➜ 舌の根も乾かぬうち【したのねもかわかぬうち】