noun:

• Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball - Sports term ➜ 硬式野球

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to perform religious rites for the repose of a soul

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stop in the middle of a sentence

expression / ichidan verb:

• to arrange (one's) shoes (e.g. in a genkan) ➜ 玄関【げんかん】

noun:

• urging one to drink more good wine during a banquet - obscure term

noun:

• background chatter on a soundtrack
• extra (actor)
• (and) many others ➜ その他大勢

noun:

• most attractive feature of a person - From English "charm point"

noun:

• starting up and developing a business - From English "business produce"

noun:

• minor collision; (have) a scrape (with another vehicle); fender bender

noun:

• competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)

noun:

• store holding a special commendation (e.g. from the mayor)

noun:

• buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed ➜ 尻馬に乗る
• blind imitation

noun:

• klop; klunk; whonk; crash; thump - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• with a heavy impact; forcibly - onomatopoeia ➜ がつんと言う

noun:

• constriction; narrow part (in middle)
• waist (esp. of a woman) ➜ 胴のくびれ

godan ~す verb:

• to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)

noun:

• light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.

godan ~す verb:

• to shake down (e.g. nuts from a tree)

adverb:

• suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• water stripe (e.g. dried on a dish after washing)

noun:

• final three bouts on the last day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestler's belt used in a bout - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• unloading goods from a container truck, etc. - abbreviation ➜ デバンニング

expression:

• a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil) - proverb ➜ 小人閑居して不善をなす

noun / ~する noun:

• fulfilment of a vow; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom

noun:

• many mountains and rivers; a great distance to travel - four character idiom