expression / ~の noun:

• locked in a grapple ➜ 組んず解れつ

noun:

• creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")

noun / ~する noun:

• adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison); penalizing a crime

noun:

• (enter into, be in) a state of war

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cavil at a person's words; to use somebody's words to trip him up

noun:

• match that determines if a rikishi will have more wins than losses

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family ➜ 所帯を持つ

noun:

• passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)

noun:

• a period of two days

noun:

• the day after a holiday

noun:

• individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland) - slang ➜ ソープランド

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• a capriccio - Music term - From Italian ➜ カプリッチオ

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to work at a profession; to pursue a vocation

noun / ~する noun:

• placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.) - From English "rank in"

expression / noun:

• eye of a needle - archaism ➜ 針の穴【はりのあな】

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks
• settling scores

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a bid (e.g. at an auction)

noun:

• open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子・明刻子

noun:

• drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• ancestor worshipped as a deity

expression:

• all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing - four character idiom

noun:

• discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile - Mahjong term ➜ 振り込み

particle:

• strengthens a question, assertion, etc. - familiar language ➜ かい・ぞい・だい・わい

noun:

• custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice