expression / noun:

• being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class (e.g. school); grade; rank

counter:

• kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc. ➜ 段【だん】

noun:

• district; county ［ぐん］
• district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period) ➜ 国郡里制

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil (something in hot water) ➜ 煮る【にる】
• to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.) ➜ たでる

noun:

• substance; essence

~の noun:

• real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial; essential; tangible

noun / ~の noun:

• one breath; pause; rest
• one go (i.e. in a short time)
• small amount of effort

noun:

• title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

noun:

• a move (in go, shogi, etc.)
• only way; only means
• doing alone; dong single-handed; monopoly ➜ 一手に

noun / ~する noun:

• lifting a person high (in celebration); tossing someone into the air; carrying someone on shoulders

noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver ➜ 五節句

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being in dire distress; being hard put to it - four character idiom
• the four and eight kinds of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦・八苦

noun:

• sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror) ➜ 三種の神器
• implement used in religious ceremonies

noun / ~する noun:

• kiss - colloquialism

noun / ~と adverb:

• squeak (as in the sound made by mice)
• sound of liquid being sucked up

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

noun:

• dark-skinned person; well-tanned person - derogatory term ➜ 白んぼ
• (wheat) smut
• stagehand (in kabuki); prompter ➜ 黒衣【くろご】

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun:

• feelings of coolness (e.g. from wearing light clothing in hot weather); cool feeling; cool impression

noun:

• glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

noun:

• radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

noun / ~する noun:

• complete change in public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom