noun:

• child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh)
• henchman; follower ➜ 親方

expression:

• the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day

noun:

• sliding or moving along a smooth surface with continuous contact on that surface

noun:

• poem written by the Emperor or a member of the imperial family

noun:

• low-lying land reclaimed from the sea - From Dutch "polder"

noun:

• ice cream mixed with adzuki bean paste ➜ 小倉アイス

noun:

• cupboard on the floor

expression:

• the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons - proverb

noun:

• calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】・懸腕

noun:

• world of the theater (theatre)

noun:

• person from the same province, town, village, etc.

noun:

• black-lacquered cowhide boots with curved toes, metal buckles, and brocade tops (worn with ceremonial dress)

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb

noun:

• hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• the greatest of the day - four character idiom

noun:

• type of flat knot used in nets

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects

adjectival noun / noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set

noun:

• singer in a nagauta performance ➜ 長唄【ながうた】

noun:

• student in a lower grade; underclassman ➜ 上級生

noun:

• second in command

noun:

• society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to step out of the bath

noun:

• transit (of a planet) over the sun ➜ 太陽面通過【たいようめんつうか】

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage