noun:

• woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties

noun:

• sautoir; long necklace (longer than opera-length), often with an ornament (tassel or pendant) at the end

adjectival noun / adverb:

• scattered here and there; at intervals

noun:

• distant fire; fire at some distance (in cooking)

noun / ~する noun:

• staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first
• constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

expression:

• the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go to the office; to be at work

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; to nibble at one's parents' shins [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other) - four character idiom

godan ~む verb:

• to weaken; to be at wits' end

expression:

• availing myself of your kind offer; taking you at your word

noun:

• God's word; word of God ［みことば］

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time - idiom ➜ 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun / ~する noun:

• home-schooling; studying at home

noun:

• running swiftly; running at full speed

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have a meal together; to sit at table

expression / adjective:

• unskilled; not very good at

expression:

• one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変

noun:

• always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being rampant; (evildoers) roaming at will - four character idiom

noun:

• house arrest; being placed in confinement at home - four character idiom

expression:

• each time it happens; at all such times

noun:

• discretionary price; price a retailer can set at its discretion ➜ オープンプライス

noun:

• sidelocks; hair at the temples