noun:

• a potbelly

noun:

• a rice steamer

noun:

• bottom of a box

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pile up a mound

noun:

• (clothes which) look good on a person

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• cutting a fine (dashing, gallant, noble) figure - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• water for a rice nursery

expression / ichidan verb:

• to launch a surprise attack

noun:

• sport that requires a strong willpower and hunger for success (esp. boxing) - From English "hungry sports"

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time

noun:

• people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period) ➜ 部【べ】

expression:

• clouds that stand like a mountain peak during the summer

noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

noun:

• saving a nation and providing relief to people - four character idiom

noun:

• inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency

noun / ~する noun:

• undergo a complete change; turn over a new leaf - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• giving someone a ride on one's shoulders

noun:

• shoulder wheel (judo) - Martial Arts term

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to choose a lucky (auspicious) day

noun:

• reel for a spare bowstring

noun:

• (historical) government-backed school operated by a scholar out of his home

godan ~る verb:

• to pick out item(s) from a group to keep

noun:

• Nagasaki-type A-bomb

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of