noun:

• style of clothing popular in the late 1970s and resembling a Catholic school uniform - abbreviation - From English "Yokohama traditional"

expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)

noun:

• banners of thanks for the full house (in sumo tournaments, soccer matches, concerts, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• first ring-entering ceremony of the newly promoted grand champion, performed at Meiji shrine

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• closing, either for the day or permanently (e.g. theme park, botanical garden, etc.) - used for ~園 Antonym: 開園

noun:

• (a house) looking deserted with few visitors; sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• spine-chilling (hair-raising) (like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost) - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell - four character idiom

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out - four character idiom

noun:

• a good chance coming along; the time has come (for, to, when...); opportunity knocking - four character idiom

noun:

• the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka) - four character idiom

noun:

• Ginkgoaceae; family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo ➜ 銀杏【いちょう】

expression:

• no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; fire on the opposite shore [literal]

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction

expression:

• cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

noun:

• moyamoya disease (rare, progressive cerebrovascular disorder caused by blocked arteries in the basal ganglia)

noun:

• requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)

expression:

• phrase used to express the uncertainty or lack of intent in what precedes it

noun:

• days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details