noun:

• The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)

noun:

• (a house) looking deserted with few visitors; sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - four character idiom

expression:

• under the influence of alcohol

noun:

• interview with leading player in a game (esp. baseball); player-of-the-game interview - From English "hero interview"

noun:

• across-the-board fall in prices

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge ➜ 妻入り

noun:

• man who has never had sex except with sex workers

noun:

• common soldier
• rank and file (of a political party)

noun:

• Respect-for-the-Aged Day Holiday (third Monday in September)

noun:

• thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk

noun:

• 51st of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to miss in attempting to kill

expression:

• Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• increase in the average age of marriage

noun:

• height from the ground to a building's eaves

noun:

• couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• koi carp caught during the cold season ➜ 鯉

noun:

• the (deceased) father of the current emperor

noun:

• common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)

noun:

• standard tables of food composition in Japan

noun / ~する noun:

• (disease) settling in internal organs
• quarreling among companions; quarrelling among companions

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 両界曼荼羅【りょうかいまんだら】

noun:

• the original

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism