noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly - word borne of confusion between the kanji 擅 and 壇 ➜ 独擅場

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

noun:

• translation (esp. in court); interpretation
• Edo-era translation of Dutch and Chinese

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を貸す

noun:

• very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger - four character idiom

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

noun:

• stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads) ➜ 地蔵
• taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

expression / adjective:

• (having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school)
• of poor quality or workmanship

noun:

• Trimma halonevum (species of goby found in Papua New Guinea); sparsely-spotted pygmy-goby

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds) ➜ 酢憤り

noun:

• skillful tanka poet ➜ 短歌
• official in charge of court poetry and music (ritsuryo period)
• poet

noun:

• hanakkori (Brassica napus cv. Hanakkori); hybrid of choy sum and broccoli invented in Yamaguchi prefecture

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to live; to exist
• to make a living; to subsist
• to be in effect; to be in use; to function
• to come to life; to be enlivened
• to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
• to result in; to prove to be
• to consist of; to be composed of
• to succeed; to be complete
• to change into; to be exchanged for
• to play a role ➜ 成り済ます
• to be promoted - Shōgi term

godan ~る verb:

• to do ... - as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc. - honorific language

noun:

• joint; knuckle
• tune; melody
• knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
• part; notable characteristic ➜ 思い当たるふしがある

noun / ~する noun:

• separating words in Japanese with spaces (e.g. in kana-only books for children) - Linguistics term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sleep in an awkward position and wake with a crick in one's neck

noun:

• winning wrestler who remains ringside in case his involvement is needed in pre-bout rituals - Sumo term

noun:

• festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

noun:

• sex establishment in which staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.) - From English "image club"

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to think; to consider; to believe - 想う has connotations of heart-felt
• to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
• to judge; to assess; to regard
• to imagine; to suppose; to dream
• to expect; to look forward to
• to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
• to recall; to remember

noun:

• Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 阿修羅
• fighting; carnage; conflict; strife
• sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.)
• log slide; chute; flume ➜ 滑道

noun / ~の noun:

• behind; rear ➜ 後ずさり
• after; later ➜ その後
• after one's death
• remainder; the rest
• descendant; successor; heir

adverbial noun:

• more (e.g. five more minutes); left
• also; in addition

noun / ~の noun:

• past; previous - archaism