noun:

• moving shallow; spawning run; movement of fish from deep to shallow water during the spawning season

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
• to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings)
• to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks) - vulgar

adjectival noun / noun:

• inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked - archaism ➜ 無道

noun:

• (the crime of) barbarity (such as killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

noun:

• Japan surgeonfish (Acanthurus japonicus, Indo-West Pacific species of tang found from Indonesia to the Philippines and Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun:

• cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)
• iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai)
• Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam) - abbreviation ➜ 猿頰貝

noun / ~する noun:

• glued to; closely related to
• giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary

noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done three times) ➜ 一本締め【いっぽんじめ】

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

expression / noun:

• fruits of one's wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• the other day; lately; recently; during this period
• meanwhile; in the meantime ［このかん］

adjectival noun / noun:

• hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong ➜ 任侠団体・男伊達

noun / ~する noun:

• taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last - four character idiom

expression:

• there is little to choose between the two; they're both about the same - idiom

noun:

• view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished - four character idiom

noun:

• deep double underarm grip which prevents the opponent from grabbing the belt - Sumo term

noun:

• metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade

noun:

• Rikkokushi; the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods

prefix:

• august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine - honorific language

noun:

• big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage ➜ 晴れ舞台

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb