noun:

• kid; brat - archaism
• Edo term used to debase people from Kansai

noun:

• rumbling stomach; noise from gas moving inside the digestive tract; borborygmus; rugitus

noun:

• Vietminh (Vietnamese Independence League organized to obtain freedom from French colonial rule)

noun:

• shaoxingjiu (Chinese alcohol made from rice or glutinous millet) - From Chinese

noun:

• local governmental body that requires federal oversight to recover from its debts

noun:

• diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint ➜ 陽動作戦

noun:

• someone who withdraws from society (e.g. hides in their room); hikikomori - derogatory term - slang ➜ 引きこもり

noun:

• kaoliang (strong distilled Chinese alcohol made from sorghum)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)

noun:

• four-eye pygmy goby (Trimma hayashii, found from Japan to the Solomons)

noun:

• cloudy catshark (Scyliorhinus torazame, species found from Japan and Korea to Taiwan)

noun:

• polkadot catshark (Scyliorhinus besnardi, species from northern Uruguay)

noun:

• sake made from rice or other cereal which is chewed before fermentation

noun:

• split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

noun:

• ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)

noun:

• computer game using characters from manga, anime, etc. - From English

noun:

• liquid seasoning made from leaf vegetables mixed with sake, mirin, sugar, etc. - Food term

noun:

• instant glue (from brand name Aron Alpha); cyanoacrylate

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own Antonym: 団体行動

noun:

• food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant) ➜ 膳
• cook; chef; person who prepares food

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing ➜ 女装【じょそう】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow; to pursue; to chase; to run after
• to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one
• to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in
• to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations ➜ 尻を持ち込む【しりをもちこむ】
• to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

noun:

• an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased
• a tea infusion; tea and hot water
• tea ceremony ➜ 茶の湯

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
• to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
• to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips - Sumo term