noun:

• too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate - four character idiom

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "kun" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 音仮名【おんがな】

noun:

• form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽

expression / adjective:

• (I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

expression:

• wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

expression / adjective:

• not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched

noun / ~する noun:

• going to and from school; path to and from school; way to school

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves
• to be more than one can handle

godan ~る verb:

• to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

noun:

• official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat) ➜ 京間
• basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music) - Music term
• room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run - From English "image training"

noun:

• opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines

noun:

• beginning and end

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end

adverb:

• from beginning to end; the whole time; throughout; consistently

noun:

• alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

suffix noun / noun:

• appearing ...; looking ... - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様だ
• way to ...; method of ...ing - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb
• form; style; design - usu. after a noun
• like; similar to - usu. after a noun ➜ 様だ

noun:

• thing (thought or spoken)

noun / ~する noun:

• ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

noun / ~する noun:

• submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)