noun:

• log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole

noun:

• young person
• servant; errand boy in a samurai family
• person of lowly status

adjective:

• black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

noun:

• announcement flier (e.g. sale at a shop)
• raffle ticket; lottery ticket

adjectival noun:

• overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

noun:

• ancient soldier's hat
• common soldier - abbreviation ➜ 陣笠連
• rank and file (of a political party) - abbreviation ➜ 陣笠連

noun:

• cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied

noun / ~する noun:

• kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

noun:

• bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling

noun:

• geisha - Kansai dialect ➜ 芸者・芸妓
• kabuki actor (esp. a young actor) - archaism ➜ 若衆【わかしゅ】
• someone accomplished in the arts - archaism

expression / adjective:

• extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to elaborate a plan; to think up something clever for variety's sake

expression / ichidan verb:

• to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)

noun:

• incorporating the needs of the market into a product - From English "market in"

noun / ~する noun:

• tag up - Baseball term - From English "touch up"
• touch-up (e.g. of a painting)

noun:

• integrated science (i.e. collaboration of various sciences and arts); (a) synthetic science

noun:

• (establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)

noun:

• pages (in a book) out of order due to an error in binding

noun / ~する noun:

• burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture (burial)

noun:

• very young bride; bride (married woman) who is little more than a girl

noun:

• wrestlers with the same win-loss record at the end of a tournament - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を借りる

noun:

• college student who is merely marking time to get into a better college - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over) - four character idiom