noun:

• country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

noun / suffix noun:

• edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road) - sometimes べり as a suffix
• rim; brim; hem; margin; fringe; selvage
• fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

noun / ~する noun:

• entry (on stage); appearance (on screen) Antonym: 退場
• entrance; introduction (into a market)

expression:

• things that do not exist; fur on turtles, horns on rabbits [literal] - four character idiom - idiom

expression:

• things that do not exist; horns on rabbits, fur on turtles [literal] - idiom - four character idiom - Buddhism term

expression:

• depending on; dependent on

expression:

• based on; grounded on ➜ 基づく

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden - idiom

noun:

• leftover food (esp. on one's plate at the end of a meal)

adverb / noun:

• finally; in the end; on top of all that

noun:

• memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death - Buddhism term

noun:

• grapple; scuffle; fight
• defeating one's enemy on the battlefield

noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun:

• Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims) ➜ 四国遍路

expression:

• better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun:

• sastrugi; parallel wave-like ridges formed on a snow surface by the wind

noun:

• driving off birds
• procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house
• female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen
• street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

godan ~る verb:

• to take away; to carry away

noun:

• Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established) ➜ 都護・西域都護府・安東都護府・安南都護府・安西都護府・燕然都護府・単于都護府・北庭都護府

ichidan verb:

• to place a hat, etc. on someone's head - archaism
• to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir
• to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else
• to use something as an excuse or a pretext