expression / godan ~す verb:

• to punish the wicked

noun:

• the husband of one's elder sister

noun:

• ceremony fitting child with a hakama ➜ 袴

noun:

• adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter

noun:

• direct method; indicative mood

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]

expression:

• current of the times

expression:

• in the same way as; just like

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

noun:

• right in the midst of; right at the height of

noun:

• the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• cooperation between the private and public sectors

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)

expression:

• gifted with two things (usu. beauty and intelligence) ➜ 才色兼備

noun:

• telephone card etc. with a misprint or other error - From English "error card"

noun:

• the papacy

noun:

• polearm with sword blade

noun / ~する noun:

• the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

adjectival noun / noun:

• drenched with sweat; sweaty all over ➜ 汗だく

noun:

• young woman who takes walks, etc. with male clients for a charge - From English "stick girl"

expression:

• rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

noun:

• language spoken by the Emishi ➜ 蝦夷【えぞ】
• languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch) ➜ 南蛮【なんばん】
• foreign language

noun:

• folding bench at the front of traditional townhouses - obscure term ➜ ばったり床几・町家【まちや】