expression:

• I have to do something; that's something I have to do - dial. phrase popularized by Miyazaki mayor Hideo Higashikokubaru in 2007 ➜ どうにかして

noun:

• old age; old person; the old; the aged

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the preceding year; the previous year; last year

noun:

• railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing
• starting line; scratch
• determination
• stepping over the edge of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• dash at the beginning of a short-distance race - From English "start dash"
• charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

noun:

• sole (esp. the tonguefishes of family Cynoglossidae, but also the true soles of family Soleidae)
• red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)

noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "to" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "ni" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow) - archaism
• bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

noun:

• first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old) ➜ 宮参り

noun:

• pad placed below the sheet on which a seal is to be pressed - used to make the seal's imprint clearer

noun:

• first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
• initial share price during a public offering

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅

noun:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

noun / ~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• tinkling sound (esp. bell on the Emperor's carriage); bright sound of metal being struck - archaism

noun:

• cry of the phoenix - archaism

noun:

• service at the head office; work at the home office ➜ 詰め【つめ】

noun:

• surface of the water; face of the water ➜ 水面【すいめん】

expression / noun:

• sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

noun:

• both labor and management; both the workers and the employers - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

noun:

• the seven forms of Avalokitesvara ➜ 観世音
• the seven Avalokitesvaras of Kyoto

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)

expression:

• the first sign of bad luck; the first bad omen ➜ けちをつける

noun:

• counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses