adverb:

• anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; at least

adverb / noun:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be drawn in by something wicked; to be won over by something wicked - archaism

noun:

• training partner
• training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards - Ōsaka dialect ➜ めんこ

noun:

• inside track - From English "in course"
• inside pitch - Baseball term

noun:

• imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy - Architecture term

noun:

• Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze
• Wu; Southern Wu; kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era (902-937)
• Wu; Eastern Wu; Sun Wu; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era (222-280) ➜ 三国【さんごく】
• Wu; kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era (11th c. - 473 BCE)

noun:

• night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 汲み取り便所・壷【つぼ】・便槽

noun:

• portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

noun:

• mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)

noun:

• inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.) - From Ainu

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing ➜ 書き損じ
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard) ➜ 書き損じ

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard)

noun:

• metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar
• iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

noun:

• dirt mound
• dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

adverb:

• continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way - ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic
• much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
• far away; long ago
• direct; straight

noun / ~する noun:

• coming into close contact and being influenced by

noun:

• language (as defined by Saussure; langue and parole) - Linguistics term - From French "langage" ➜ パロール・ラング

ichidan verb:

• to blow and gather together (by the wind) - obscure term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to understand each other well; to call forth a response in another's heart; to relate to

noun:

• going in and out of style; changes in fashion