noun:

• room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room [literal]
• hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる

noun:

• reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) ➜ 小葦切・大葦切

noun:

• reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) - obscure term ➜ 葦切

noun:

• love call; calling out to someone with love or good will
• phone call to a loved one
• fervent request; heartfelt appeal; passionate call to action

noun:

• the skin (of a human being)
• warmth of the skin; body warmth

expression:

• very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

noun:

• night jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum); night jasmine; lady of the night; queen of the night

noun / ~する noun:

• ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure

noun:

• just law
• proper method
• the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law - Buddhism term

noun:

• fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe) ➜ 本生り
• weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man; pallid man

noun:

• cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning
• (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring) ➜ 煤掃き

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

noun / ~する noun:

• relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital

noun:

• head of the family; head of the household

noun:

• honour of the family; honor of the family

noun / ~する noun:

• facing the east; east face; east side; the east

adverb:

• along the southern coast; along the southern seashore

noun / ~の noun:

• center of the earth; centre of the earth

noun / ~する noun:

• evasion of the law; circumvention of the law

noun / ~する noun:

• over-the-counter sales; selling over the counter

adverb:

• under the guidance of; under the leadership of

expression / noun:

• sound of the wind; voice of the wind

expression:

• break in the rain; letup in the rain - colloquialism

noun or verb acting prenominally / ~する noun:

• going on the market; placing on the market