noun:

• karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle) ➜ 唐破風

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun:

• campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom

noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• large sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

• gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

noun:

• chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• loading goods on a truck - From English "vanning"
• remodelling a station wagon, light van, etc.

expression / adjective:

• unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place - idiom

noun:

• fact; (a) truth
• realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) ［じつごと］ - in kabuki

noun:

• checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning