expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun:

• electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district; multi-member constituent electoral system ➜ 小選挙区制

noun:

• Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker

noun:

• school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

expression:

• seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon) ➜ 秋の七草

noun:

• Randall's pygmy goby (Trimma randalli, species in Palau and the Philippines)

noun:

• 1932 Theses; Comintern policy documents urging overthrow of Japan's imperial and metayage systems

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to lean to one side; to oppose; to look aside; to regret

noun:

• 1,000,000; one million; million
• many

noun / ~する noun:

• chopping - Baseball term ➜ 長打

noun:

• base hit; one-base hit; single - Baseball term ➜ 単打

noun:

• diminished radix complement; radix-minus-one complement - IT term

noun:

• wee-wee; pee-pee; number one - colloquialism ➜ おしっこ

~する noun:

• to urinate

noun:

• compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• measuring weight; weighing
• maximum weight (on a scales) ［ひょうりょう］

expression / noun:

• star seen on a rainy night; "rare occurrence" [figurative]; "rare sight" [figurative] ➜ 雨夜

expression / ichidan verb:

• to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy

noun:

• taking on cargo; loading (e.g. a ship); cargo; shipment

noun:

• wide-mouthed ceramic vessel having a small hole in its spherical base (into which bamboo was probably inserted to pour liquids)
• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids ➜ 半挿【はんぞう】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to grapple
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of a demon, thought, emotion, etc. ➜ 取り憑く【とりつく】
• to obtain a clue; to get a lead

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
• to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

noun:

• the first and second; a few

noun:

• solving a problem swiftly and skillfully - four character idiom