noun:

• course (route, trail, course of study, course of action, plan, option)
• full course meal (multiple dishes served in sequence); prix fixe meal

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip
• going the long way round; making a detour

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right - Sumo term

noun:

• dish broiled in a mix of soy sauce, mirin, etc.; broiling with soy sauce, mirin, etc. - Food term

noun:

• vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

noun:

• student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try ➜ 現役

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around
• to take part in a pitching duel - Baseball term

noun:

• strong person; person putting on a brave front - after the name of a 12th-century warrior monk
• bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)
• checks; plaid; checked pattern - abbreviation ➜ 弁慶縞

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

noun:

• on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) - esp. ほとり
• (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby

suffix noun:

• around (Sunday, last year, etc...) ［あたり］
• for instance ［あたり］

adverb / pronoun:

• here and there; all around; everywhere; throughout; all over

~する noun:

• to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up ［あちこち・あちらこちら・あっちこっち・アチコチ］

noun:

• Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island - archaism ➜ 天の瓊矛
• Japan

noun:

• black surgeonfish (Acanthurus gahhm, species of tang endemic to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• natural or man-made feature or object on the earth's surface (trees, hill, river, road, building, etc.); object or structure important in a battle, esp. for concealment

expression:

• a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons [literal] - proverb

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to screw in
• to thrust into; to push into; to shove into
• to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

noun:

• wooden horse; rocking horse
• vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics ➜ 跳馬
• the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

noun / suffix noun:

• period; time
• age - Geology term
• term (e.g. in office); period
• session (e.g. of parliament)
• stage (e.g. disease)

expression / noun:

• being kept in the dark (about); being excluded; being kept out of the loop; outside the mosquito net [literal] - idiom

noun:

• whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing

noun:

• width; breadth
• freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude
• gap; difference (e.g. in price); range (e.g. of voice)

noun:

• being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge
• to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form)
• to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board)
• to store