noun:

• great treasure
• Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era
• great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.) - obscure term - Buddhism term
• homa-mandala (fire altar) - obscure term - Buddhism term ➜ 護摩壇

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

noun:

• sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)

~する noun:

• to sink a ship

adjectival noun / noun:

• unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
• impossible

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• forcible; forced; compulsory - often as 無理に

adjectival noun:

• excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

~する noun:

• to work too hard; to try too hard

interjection:

• no way; not a chance; never; dream on - colloquialism

~の noun:

• irrational - Mathematics term

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come - proverb

noun:

• bench used by kabuki actors during performance ［合い引き・合引き］
• for enemies and allies to pull back their troops at the same time
• responding to enemy arrow fire with arrow fire

noun:

• someone who has come to say farewell; those who have come to say farewell; people at a send-off

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree

expression:

• The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven - four character idiom

expression:

• (from rakugo) that's all from me, and now the next speaker ...; expression used to hand over to the next speaker

expression:

• well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make sure; to make doubly sure ➜ 駄目押し

noun:

• door-to-door solicitor; door-to-door preacher

godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case) - である with も; formal, literary ➜ である
• to be ... or something

expression:

• to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying

expression:

• a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

noun:

• the rounds of tradesmen going door to door
• route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking
• thief taker; secret policeman ➜ 岡っ引き

expression:

• (e.g. to walk, stand, etc., until) one's legs turn to lead; (doing something) until one's legs tire and stiffen

noun:

• seed of Buddhahood - Buddhism term
• something that makes it possible to attain Buddhahood
• teaching of Buddha which make it possible to be enlightened

noun:

• awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)

expression:

• Men seldom live to be seventy (Du Fu (c.712-c.770)); Few people live to be seventy - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put away one's bedding
• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed)