noun:

• one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face - four character idiom

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

noun:

• pupils who are not members of any school club; go-home club [literal] - humorous term ➜ 幽霊部員

expression:

• in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye
• to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

noun:

• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of
• to lead by the hand

noun:

• knowledge and action
• ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege ➜ 知行【ちぎょう】

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to draw; to paint; to sketch ➜ 書く
• to depict; to describe ［えがく］
• to picture in one's mind; to imagine
• to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

noun:

• head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward

noun:

• Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term
• The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern) ［さんぞん］ ➜ 三尊天井
• the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher

noun:

• measuring container; measure
• box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
• square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗］

noun / ~する noun:

• employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through one's personal connection - four character idiom

noun:

• the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence

noun:

• getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow - four character idiom

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

noun / ~する noun:

• quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region

noun:

• one's teaching experience; one's career (experience) as a teacher

noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢

noun:

• dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.); advanced rank; grade of black belt

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

noun:

• strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]