noun:

• standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; knee-hider [literal]

noun:

• overhead throw in judo

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

expression / noun:

• regression toward the mean; regression to the mean - Mathematics term

noun:

• glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans

noun / ~する noun:

• writing with the brush in one's mouth

noun:

• foreword; preface
• affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)

noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to advance the date (of)

noun:

• three people on the same vehicle (usu. bike)

noun:

• the eighteen arhats - Buddhism term

noun:

• caring for one's parents in return

noun:

• proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained ➜ 拘束名簿式比例代表制

noun:

• humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• parking on the street; curbside parking; kerbside parking; unauthorized parking outdoors

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye
• to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

noun:

• Commentary on the Kojiki (by Motoori Norinaga, 1798) ➜ 古事記

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the form (of); to assume a shape

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

expression:

• the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

noun:

• person on top of the income scale; top earner ➜ 低所得者

expression / ichidan verb:

• to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it ➜ 度を越す

noun:

• inside the garden

expression / noun:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

noun:

• direct telephone number - From English "dial in"

noun:

• paper used in pre-bout rituals - Sumo term