expression:

• first in

noun:

• loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• fade-in; FI

noun:

• revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought) - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place in a row; to line up
• to list; to enumerate
• to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

noun:

• day of the boar in the month of the boar (the 10th month) ➜ 亥の子の祝

noun:

• street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

noun:

• labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryo system)

expression:

• mountain in the winter; sleeping mountain [literal] - poetical term ➜ 山笑う

noun:

• congratulatory postcards with a spring pattern sold every year in February

noun:

• simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony - Food term ➜ 懐石

noun:

• boiled chrysanthemum petals pickled in vinegar - Food term ➜ 膾【なます】・菊花膾

noun:

• money tip wrapped in paper

expression:

• in minute detail

noun:

• words mainly used in songs or poetry ➜ 歌詞【うたことば】

noun:

• selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing in customers; attracting an audience; luring customers

expression:

• in respect of; in regards to; as for - honorific language - polite language ➜ に於いて

noun:

• five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

noun:

• in secret

noun / expression:

• in the belly
• in one's heart of hearts

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 移り箸

godan ~る verb:

• to give in; to give up - from 妥協 - slang

noun:

• in the palace

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to stop in the midst of; to leave undone - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 差す【さす】