noun:

• record highest (in number); most on record

expression / noun:

• house built on sand; house of cards - from Matthew 7:26 - idiom

noun:

• verbal check (esp. on railroads); verbal confirmation

noun:

• condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on ➜ 上から目線

noun:

• condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on ➜ 上目線

expression / noun:

• something worth mentioning; something to count on - usu. used in the negative

godan ~る verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs

noun:

• individual lesson; tutorial; one-on-one instruction

noun:

• virtuous government; government founded on good morals

godan ~る verb:

• to act cocky; to put on airs - colloquialism

noun:

• lighthouse
• old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

noun / ~する noun:

• electric short-circuit
• drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) - abbreviation
• lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall)
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) ➜ 桟竹

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to have the means to buy - idiom
• to be near (a certain age) - idiom

noun:

• manner of speaking
• verbal argument
• objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee)
• rumor; rumour

noun:

• corsage; small bouquet worn by a woman - From French
• bodice of a woman's dress - archaism

expression / interjection:

• time in - said by a referee at the end of a time out - Sports term - From English "no time" ➜ タイム

expression:

• making a move immediately in a timed game (shogi, go, etc.)

noun:

• scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage ➜ 男旱【おとこひでり】

noun / ~の noun:

• having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage ➜ 女ひでり【おんなひでり】

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

~する noun:

• swat - to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (as a bat or flyswatter)

noun:

• down-line loading; sending data from a central node to a remote node - obsolete term - IT term