noun:

• stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to carry out a scheme

noun:

• earth dug out of a construction site

noun:

• someone without a fixed occupation; man of leisure; playboy ➜ あそびにん・遊客・道楽者

noun:

• spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

expression:

• "There is a huge markup in medicines." - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• making a pressing appeal; appealing to pity

noun:

• court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall ➜ 神楽殿

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a parting shot at

noun:

• a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life - four character idiom

noun:

• wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) ➜ 袈裟
• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder ➜ 袈裟切り

noun:

• Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river - four character idiom

noun:

• doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

noun:

• a lacquer painting

noun:

• possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit

noun:

• simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

noun:

• sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance - four character idiom

~する verb (spec.):

• to make a done deal

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun:

• tip of a brush or pen; (force of a) writing style

noun:

• train derailment due to a concurrence of causes

noun / ~する noun:

• examine (investigate into) a person's history - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be a wet-blanket; to spoil a person's pleasure

noun / ~する noun:

• delivery of a vehicle (to its new owner)