noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

noun:

• fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• loading goods on a truck - From English "vanning"
• remodelling a station wagon, light van, etc.

noun:

• fact; (a) truth
• realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) ［じつごと］ - in kabuki

noun:

• checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

noun:

• root (of a plant)
• root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
• root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
• one's true nature
• (fishing) reef

noun:

• zigzag pattern; zigzag formation
• steps down from a pier
• pathway covered by extended eaves to protect from snow
• large saw used by lumberjacks

noun:

• fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)

noun:

• reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning
• reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters

ichidan verb / transitive / auxiliary verb:

• to continue; to keep up; to keep on

~する verb (spec.):

• to face on; to look out on to

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fry; to saute; to stir-fry

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bring; to take; to bring about

godan ~う verb:

• to go along; to walk along; to follow

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fly away; to flee away; to scatter