noun:

• bowl of rice with a chop-suey-like mixture on it

noun:

• strip of paper featuring advertisements, wrapped around a book's jacket

expression:

• receiving a windfall; having an unexpected piece of good luck ➜ 棚牡丹

adjectival noun:

• (of a branch heavily laden with fruit, etc.) drooping; bending

noun:

• three special awards for wrestlers at the end of a tournament - Sumo term ➜ 殊勲賞・敢闘賞・技能賞

noun:

• ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• retirement ceremony of a wrestler where his top-knot is cut - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• suddenly seeing the light; achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden - four character idiom

noun:

• game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun) - four character idiom

noun:

• slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute) - four character idiom

noun:

• (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election) - four character idiom

noun:

• young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.

adverbial noun / noun:

• within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

noun:

• nose cone (e.g. of a rocket)

noun:

• last scene (e.g. of a movie)

noun / ~の noun:

• eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)

noun / ~の noun:

• eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)

noun:

• limited amount of rain which falls off to a certain region - obscure term

noun:

• very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

noun:

• very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash - abbreviation ➜ 御太鼓結び

noun:

• (gen. of a woman) loving two or more partners without favour - four character idiom

noun:

• request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session ➜ 不逮捕特権

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; to tell the truth ➜ 実を言えば

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is) ➜ 見当がつかない